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Parisian Workers Rioted
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Period: to
The French Revolution and Napoleon
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beginning of the french revolution
the beginning of a new united states and the beginning of the french revolution -
Louis XVI called a meeting
of the Estates- General at Versailles -
Third Estate declared
it was the National Assembly -
The Oath of the Tennis Court .
Jacques-Louis David, a representative of the Third Estate, depicted its challenge of the king’s authority in his painting, The Oath of the Tennis Court. -
Restoring French Monarchy
European monarchs rally troops to restore French monarchy -
The Revolutionary Calendar is introduced
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Revolts begin in Western France
counter revolutionaries executed; anti-Catholic laws passed -
King Louis XVII executed
Reign of terror begins -
Committee of Public Safety
orders Robespierre’s execution -
Law of 22 Prairial repealed
release of prisoners begins -
Napoleon leads coup d’état
topples French government -
Napoleon invades Russia
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Napoleon won at the Battle of Waterloo
