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Meeting of the Estates general
A general assembly representing people of the realm -
Storming of Bastille
The attack on a prison during the French revolution -
Declaration of the rights of man
First step towards a constitution for france -
Women march on Versailles
A riot over the high price and shortage of bread -
King Louis XVI Executed
The king was charged of high treason and was beheaded -
Beginning of the Reign of Terror
Two years of repressing enemies of the revolution -
Siege of Toulon
A republican win over a royalist rebellion in Toulon -
Maximilian Robespierre executed
Leader of the French Revolution and reign of terror -
Napoleon fails to capture Cairo
Defeat of the French fleet at the battle of the Nile -
Napoleon Crowns himself emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte becomes the emperor of France -
Portugal is occupied by france
French invasion of Portugal -
Period: to
Congress of Vienna
Objective was to provide a long term peace plan for Europe -
Battle of Waterloo
The French army was defeated by the two armies of the seventh coalition
