French Revolution Timeline by IKALAM STERLING

Louis XVI Summons the Estates General (May 5, 1789)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:02:23 UTC

Louis XVI called a big meeting with the Estates-General because neither party could agree on how to solve the problem of France's Financial trouble. Louis XVI hoped they'd all agree on how to tax people so he could solve the financial problems in France during the time but it didn't go as planned and was the start of the French Revolution.

Tennis Court Oath (June 20th, 1789)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:20:36 UTC

Members from the Third Estate were locked out of their normal meeting location so in a result they went to a tennis court near the area and pledged to not disband until a new constitution for France had been formed.

Storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:24:47 UTC

Parisians stormed the Bastille (a prison and symbol of the King's absolute power) after gunpowder that was stored there. In today's time, it is celebrated as ¨Bastille Day¨

Declaration of the rights of Man and of Citizen (August 26, 1789)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:28:56 UTC

A Document from the French Revolution that was trying to say that people should have equal rights, and ended up influencing other countries on equal rights.

Abolition of Feudalism (August 4, 1789)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:31:47 UTC

In France, Feudalism was abolished on August 4th, 1789. It got rid of the system where lords ruled over lands and people. This was officially decreed on August 11, 1789.

Women´s March on Versailles (October 5, 1791)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:36:06 UTC

¨The Women´s March on Versailles took place on October 5, 1789. It was also known as the October March. Women had enough of the bread shortages and high prices. They were also upset because the King and National assembly were both neither winning or Losing and because of this, they marched all the way to Versailles and demanded action. This turned into a huge political movement. It made King Louis XVI acknowledge the national assembly and as time past it brought King Louis XVI and the while royal family back to Paris¨

Royal Flight to Varennes (June 20-21, 1791)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:41:31 UTC

An escape plan that failed by King Louis XVI and his family tried to sneak out of Paris but ultimately got caught, they tried to leave through the night of June 20th-21st, 1791.

Arrest, Trial, and Execution of King Louis XVI (Aug 1792-Jan 1793)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 03:56:19 UTC

After the Royal Flight to Varennes failed, King Louis XVI was arrested in August 1792 and put on trial by the National Convention in December 1792. He was found guilty of conspiracy and high treason. He was sentenced to guillotine and executed on January 21, 1793.

Reign of Terror and Robespierre (Sept 5, 1793-July 28, 1794)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 04:02:51 UTC

Robespierre was the head of the entire operation and was apart of the committee of public safety that was super strict on keeping revolution pure. The government had Purged anyone they had thought of as an enemy.

Haitian Revolution (Aug 22, 1796-April, 1797)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 05:11:00 UTC

When the Enslaved people in Haiti decided they had enough of the brutal treatment they had received from the French colonial system. They fought for their freedom and later declared independence.

Napoleons Italian campaigns (March, 1796-April, 1797)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 05:19:12 UTC

Napoleon took the French army to Italy and was after weakening Austria's grip on the region and spreading revolutionary ideas. He won battles in Italy and after all this it led to the Treaty of Campo Formio 1796-1797 and later on in 1800

Napoleons invasion of Egypt (July, 1798- Sept, 1801)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:42:25 UTC

When Napoleon set sail with his French Troops, aiming to disrupt British trade routes and establish dominance over the region.

Side Quest- Discovery of the Rosetta stone, was used to help decode hieroglyphics

Coup of 18th Brumaire (Nov 9-10, 1799)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:45:01 UTC

Napoleon rushed away the directory and established the consulate, Napoleon as the 1st consul. It was the start of Napoleon's rise to be emperor of France

Napoleon crowning as emporer (Dec 2, 1804)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:50:35 UTC

Napoleon Crowned himself emperor of France in a lavish ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He took the crown from the popes hand and placed it on his own head.

Battle of Austerlitz (Dec 2, 1805)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:52:42 UTC

Battle of Austerlitz was also known as the Battle of 3 Emperors and Napoleons French troops challenged Russian and Austrian armies and though they were outnumbered they left victorious.

Battle of Trafalgar (Oct 21, 1805)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:55:15 UTC

During the Napoleonic wars, the British royal Navy, led by admiral lord Nelson, stopped Napoleon's plans by defeating the combined fleets of French and Spanish Navies.

Napoleons Invasion of Russia (June 24, 1812)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 06:58:39 UTC

Napoleon marched into Russia with a grand army of soldiers from around Europe. They wanted to kick Russia out of Napoleon's wars and expand his empire. The Russians had different plans and retreated but left nothing behind for Napoleon's troops to use.

Napoleon Exile to Elba and the 100 days (April, 1814-June, 1815)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 07:02:44 UTC

After his defeat in 1814 he was sentenced to the island of Elba and in less than a year he snuck back to France for his comeback tour known as 100 days. March 20, 1815, is when he made it back to France. He was Exiled in April of 1814, Escaped in February of 1815, and was in power until June 1815

Battle of the Waterloo (June 18, 1815)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 07:04:52 UTC

After Napoleon's defeat in 1814 near Waterloo (in present-day Belgium) Napoleon's forces faced off against British-led allied armies under the Duke of Wellington and in the end, Napoleon was defeated.

Napoleon 2nd Exile (October, 1815)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 07:11:58 UTC

After Napoleon's defeat, he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, his exile began in October 1815. Napoleon ended up dying on the same island on May 5, 1821.

Haitian Independence (Jan 1, 1804)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 07:15:16 UTC

Saint- Dominingue people (Haiti) fought for their independence because they were enough of the brutal power the French colonial system had over them and so they declared independence in 1804 and was the first successful slave uprising in modern History.

Congress of Vienna (Sept, 1814- June, 1815)

isterling25 — 2024-03-02 07:19:04 UTC

Austria, Russia, Prussia, The United Kingdom, and France's goal was to patch up Europe and make a balance of power so no one would go on conquest sprees as Napoleon did. They Redrew the Map, Shuffled Territories, and created a Framework for European Diplomacy.