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1795 Directory formed
Compte rendu 1781
1793 Louis XVI beheaded
National Convention formed 1792
September 1792 September Massacres
Napoleon's Death May 5, 1821
May 1789 Estates General meets
Flight to Varennes June 1791
1787 Dutch Patriot revolt stifled
1715 Louis XV begins his reign
June 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath
Fall of Bastille July 14, 1789
Declaration of Pillnitz August 27, 1791
1799 Napoleon's coup d'etat of Directory
Louis XVI executed January 21, 1793
Storming of Tuilleries August 10 1792
Great Fear From July 17 1789
1815 Napoleon's Hundred Days occurs, and Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo
October 26, 1795 Convention dissolved; Directory begins
January 21, 1792 Execution of Louis XVI
(Jan. 21) 1793 Execution of Louis XVI
Fall of the Bastille July 14, 1789
Girondists Jacobins from Bordeaux that declared war on Austria and Prussia
Invasion of Russia; Battle of Borodino 1812
Legislative Assembly Formed; 1791 Constitution passed September 1791
1791 Completed the rafting of the Constitution
October 1791-August 1792 Legislative Assembly- Constitutional Government by elected assembly
July 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille
King recognises National Assembly June 27 1789
April 20, 1792 French declare war against Austria
1801 The French Concordat with the Catholic Church
Execution of King Louis XVI January 21, 1793
Liberte', egalite' fraternite' Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (In French)
1806 Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine
November 9, 1799 Napoleon's coup d'etat abolishes Directory and establishes Consulate
Execution of Danton and supporters April 5 1794
April, 1793 Power centered in the Committee of Public Safety and the Committee of General Security
1614 The last time that the Estates General met before Assembly of Notables (Year)
August 1791 When was the Declaration of Pillnitz? (Month Year)
Three Ideas of the French Revolution Equality, Liberty, Fraternity
March 1793 The Reign of Terror begins (Committee of Public Safety - Robespierre)
1792 France and rest of Europe at war; second revolution of August 10
June 20-25, 1791 Flight to Varennes of the Royal Family
Press The P in RAPPS (Having to do with expression) (Rights declared in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen)
June 17, 1789 the Third Estate announced that the National Assembly would meet
August 10, 1792 Paris mob storms royal palace; commune seizes Assembly; Legislative Assembly falls.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen August 26, 1789
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy written by the National Assembly; subjected church to state control; declared that the Catholic Church in France is a national church independent of the Pope, and that the Catholic clergy in France are paid government officials to be elected by the people; condemned by the Pope and most of the French clergy.
Directory formed 1795
Aristocratic Revolt 1787-9
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
1734 Voltaire publishes Philosophical Letters
(Nov. 3) 1795 Directory begins
August 1792 Attack on Tuileries
1774 Louis XVI becomes king
1795-1799 The Directory rules in France
August 22, 1795 Constitution of 1795
Directory take Office October 26, 1795
Abolition of Feudalism August 4, 1789
January 21, 1793 Louis XVI gullotined
Assembly of Notables February 22 1787
1789 Constitution of United States takes effect and the French Revolution begins
January 24, 1789 Summoning of the Estates-General
August 4, 1789 Surrender of Feudal Rights
(June 20) 1791 Kings' Flight to Varennes
Women's March to Versailles October 5, 1789
July 28, 1794 Robespierre guillotined, Thermidorian Reaction begins
Storming of the Bastille July 14, 1789
Attack on Tuileries; August Decrees August 1792
May 5, 1789 Assembly of General Estates
1799-1804 Consulate established with 3 consuls with the constitution of 1800
October 5, 1789 Paris women invaded Versailles
March of the Women 5 October 1789
(Dec. 2) 1804 Napoleon crowned Emperor of France
Attack on the royal palace August 10, 1792
Nobles The 2nd Estate of the Estates General
1812 Invasion of Russia and Battle of Borodino
June 14, 1789 Bastille is stormed in Paris
July 27, 1794 The National Convention arrested Robespierre
Civil Constitution of the Clergy July 12 1790
December 24, 1799 Constitution of the Year VIII: Dictatorship of Napoleon established under the Consulate
October 1789 The Women's March on Versailles (Month Year)
End of 1794 Robespierre is killed, Jacobin Club closed
July 12, 1790 1st Constitution drafted creates a limited monarchy
August 27, 1789 The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Creation of Committee of Public Safety April 6 1793
Robespierre is named to Committee of Public Safety July 27, 1793
Thermidorean Calendar 12 month calendar with 30 days per month. Every tenth day is a Holiday, and year one began in 22 September 1792
The Great Fear As a result of The Storming of Bastille, the fearful agrarian peasants of France started revolts against the nobility.
June 29, 1789 Tennis Court Oath is taken when 3rd Estate is locked out of Versaille
August 23, 1793 Draft is started and an army of 1 million is made