1715:
King Louis XIV Dies
1788:
Drought Causes Famine
October 1789:
Movement of the Royal Family to Paris
May 1789:
Meeting of the Estates General
June 1789:
Creation of the Tennis Court Oath
14 July 1798:
Storming of the Bastille
October 1789:
March on Versailles
1790:
Creation of a Constitutional Monarchy
1790 - 1793:
Emergence of the Jacobins and Girondins
1792:
First Execution by Guillotine in France
January 1793:
Trial and Execution of Louis XVI
October 1793:
Execution of Marie Antoinette
1793-1794:
The Reign of Terror
1794:
Maximilien Robespierre Overthrown (Reign of Terror Ends)
1795:
Emergence of Napolean Bonaparte
1800 - 1804:
Napolean Creates Reforms in France
1804:
Napolean is Declared Emperor of France
1804 - 1814:
Napolean Builds his Empire
1805:
Napolean's Empire at War
March - June 1815:
Napolean's reign ends (The Hundred Day's and the Battle of Waterloo)
King Louis XIV Dies
1788:
Drought Causes Famine
October 1789:
Movement of the Royal Family to Paris
May 1789:
Meeting of the Estates General
June 1789:
Creation of the Tennis Court Oath
14 July 1798:
Storming of the Bastille
October 1789:
March on Versailles
1790:
Creation of a Constitutional Monarchy
1790 - 1793:
Emergence of the Jacobins and Girondins
1792:
First Execution by Guillotine in France
January 1793:
Trial and Execution of Louis XVI
October 1793:
Execution of Marie Antoinette
1793-1794:
The Reign of Terror
1794:
Maximilien Robespierre Overthrown (Reign of Terror Ends)
1795:
Emergence of Napolean Bonaparte
1800 - 1804:
Napolean Creates Reforms in France
1804:
Napolean is Declared Emperor of France
1804 - 1814:
Napolean Builds his Empire
1805:
Napolean's Empire at War
March - June 1815:
Napolean's reign ends (The Hundred Day's and the Battle of Waterloo)