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French Revolution begins in France on 14 July, with the sacking of the Bastille prison and the formation of the Revolutionary Assembly.
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Napoleon defeated a coalitions of European powers
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One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
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Also known as The Terror, was a period of violence during the French Revolution incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins (moderate republicans) and the Jacobins (radical republicans)
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A young military man by the name of Napoleon Bonaparte was ordered to put down the Parisian mob that was storming the Tuileries Palace. Napoleon, already in 1795, would demonstrate the combination of ambition and ruthlessness that would characterize his entire career.
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In November 1799, in an event known as the coup of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon was part of a group that successfully overthrew the French Directory. The Directory was replaced with a three-member Consulate, and 5'7" Napoleon became first consul, making him France's leading political figure.
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In 1804 he established the French empire.
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In the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of Nations, Napoleon's army was defeated by a coalition that included Austrian, Prussian, Russian and Swedish troops.
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The Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history following the first fall of Napoleon in 1814 and his ... Following the French Revolution , Napoleon became ruler of France. ... million, were major beneficiaries as their property was guaranteed by the new law and that led to a rise in the value of their land.
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Napoleon escaped Elba and sailed to the French ... Wellington went on to serve as British prime minister, while Blucher, ...
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The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (révolution de Juillet), Second French Revolution or Trois Glorieuses in French ("Three Glorious [Days]"), led to the overthrow of King Charles X, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne,
