French Revolution Timeline

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French Revolution Timeline

May 5, 1789 Estates-General- Meeting at Versailles
June 17, 1789 National Assembly
June 20 Tennis Court Oath
July 14, 1789 Storming of Bastille
Summer 1789 Great Fear
August 26, 1789 Adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
October 5-6, 1789 Women rioted in Versailles and bring the king back to Paris
1791 National Assembly completed a new constitution
June 1791 King tried to run away
August 1791 Saint Domingue Revolution Begins
Spring 1792 France went to war with Austria
January 21, 1793 The king was executed
July 1793-July 1794 The Reign of Terror
Aug 1793-Sep 1794 Large army was created
1795-1799 The Directory
1798 Battle of the Pyramids
1799 Coup d’etat by Napoleon
1799 and 1815 Napoleon dominated the scene
1801 Agreement with the Pope
France withdraws from Egypt
1802 Napoleon made himself consul for life and then emperor
January 1804 Haiti is declared independent
1807 and 1812 Height of power for Napoleon
1809-1810 Continental system
June 1812 Invasion of Russia
Jan 1813 The retreat
March 1814 Paris was captured
March to June 1815 Napoleon ruled for 100 days
1821 Napoleon dies in St. Helena