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King removed from Versailles
Is a royal chateaux in Versailles, in the Ile-de-France region of France. -
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Publication of Hobbes Work - Social Contract
Social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itsel, is the view that person's moral and political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. -
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Formation of the National Assembly
Was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General -
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Tennis Court Oath
The members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath to form a new government. -
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Bastille is Stormed
The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. -
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1st use of the Guillotine
Convicted felon Nicholas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by the guilotine -
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Robespierre killed
is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention -
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Execution of King Louis XVI
By the guillotine, King Louis XVI died and had the Revolution Square renamed the Place de la Concorde. -
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Establishment of the Public Safety Committee
The Committee of Public safety was set up on April 6th, 1793, during one of the crises of the Revolution. -
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Establishment of the Directory
The French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III -
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Napoleonic Code started
is the French civil code establishedd under Napoleon I it was drafted by a commission of four eminent jurists. -
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
In Notre Dame cathedral, Napoleon I was named emperor of Paris. -
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Continental System
Was a foreign system policy of Napoleon I of France -
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Napoleon exiled
is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. Former emperor -
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Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was fought by Napoleon and his French Army. -
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Napoleon's Death
Napoleon I was a fearless and courageous military leader for the French. However, on May 5th, 1821, he died on his island. -
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Republican Calendar begins
Shortly after the death of Napoleon I, the Republican government created a new calendar system. This was because monarchy had returned to France.