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National Assembly
The National Assembly which existed from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789.It was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (the common people) of the Estates-General.Thereafter until replaced by the Legislative Assembly -
Tennis Court Oath
On June 20 1789 members of the French Estates-General the Third Estate had begun to call themselves the National Assembly.To then be locked out of their original meeting room they broke into the tennis court . Where they vowed "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom established. -
Parisians storming the Bastille day
French Revolutionaries Storm the Bastille. On July 14, 1789, angry demonstrators took the Bastille, a medieval Paris fort where King Louis XVI imprisoned his enemies. The riot launched the French Revolution. -
Bread March
An angry mob of nearly 7,000 working women armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles.In what was to be a pivotal event in the intensifying French Revolution. To the beat of a drum, the women chanted “Bread! -
The Third Estate
About 97% made up the Third Estate.There were three Estates each group was different in economic conditions.The Third Estate was made up of strong believers of enlightenment ideal of liberty and equality. -
Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France.From 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution.It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. -
Execution of a King
Louis XVI brought the French Revolution crashing down upon himself.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. -
Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror from September 1793 – 28 July 1794.This was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. Incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondin and The Mountain, -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code ( the official Code civil of France).Iis the French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. It was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists and entered into force on 21 March 1804. -
Napoleon Bonaparte Crowned Emperor
On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. With incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
The Russian Winter & Napoleon
French Emperor Napoleon I invaded Russia with his Grande Army on June 24, 1812. The enormous army, featuring more than 500,000 soldiers and staff .Largest European military force ever assembled to that date. -
Battle of Waterloo
A battle in Belgium in 1815 in which the British and Prussians defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon abdicated as emperor a few days after this final defeat. A few weeks later he was captured and sent into exile.
