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Accession of Louis XVI

1774

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France declares war on Great Britain. The war debt brings the French Monarchy to its knees

1778

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Peace signed between Britain and France

1783

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Meeting of Estates General in Paris

May 1789

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Oath of the Tennis Court

June 1789

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Fall of the Bastille

July 1789

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The National Assembly ‘abolishes Feudalism’

August 1789

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National Assembly adopts Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence

August 1789

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Women of Paris march to Versailles to demand Bread

October 1789

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Formal abolition of nobility and hereditary titles

June 1790

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Royal Family’s flight and capture at Varennes

June 1791

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Massacre at the Champ-de-Mars - one time National Guard

July 1791

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Death of King Louis XVI

Jan 1793

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Revolutionary Tribunal established in France

March 1793

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Committee of Public Safety established

April 1793

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Journée in which the Convention is forced to expel 29 Girondin deputies, Montagnards in power

June 1793

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Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated by Charlotte Corday

July 1793

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Beginning of the Terror, in which there was widespread surveillance and powers of denunciation, with those suspected of treason guillotined

September 1793

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Execution of Marie Antoinette

October 1793

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Execution of Girondin deputies

October 1793

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Opponents of Robespierre executed

March 1794

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Execution of Georges Jacques Danton (organiser of the uprising in 1792 that overthrew the monarchy and leader of the Committee of Public Safety)

April 1794

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Arrest and execution of Maximilien Robespierre

July 1794

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Release of suspects imprisoned under the Terror

August 1794

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Election of new Directory and end of Convention

October 1794

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Bonaparte’s Italian campaign begins

April 1794

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Coup d’Etat in Paris

September 1797

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Napoleon plans invasion of England, presents plans to Directory

January 1798

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Bonaparte’s coup d’etat removes Directory, and Council of five hundred and establishes a consulate with himself as First Consul

November 1798

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Napoleon proclaimed Emperor

May 1804

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