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Storming of the Bastille
Bastille, a prison on the east side of paris was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison has become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments of the Revolutions that followed after. -
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Reign of Terror
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Execution of Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror was overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution mostly by guillotine. He was born May 6,1758 and died July 28 1794 -
Napoleon's Coup d'etat
The French coup d'etat of 2 December 1851 was a self-coup staged by Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. It ended in the successful dissolution of the French National Assembly and the subsequent re-establishment of the French Empire the next year.