Studied by 10 peopleFrench Revolution
June 29, 1789
Tennis Court Oath
july 14, 1789
Bastille stormed
july 19-aug 3, 1789
great fear
aug 4, 1789
feudal rights renounced
aug 27, 1789
decl. of the rights of man
oct 5-6, 1789
louis xvi moves to paris
july 12, 1790
civil constitution of the clergy is issued
june 20-21, 1791
king flees to austria and gets caught at varennes
aug 27, 1791
austria and prussia call for support of french king
sept 1791
nat. ass. issues constitution
apr 20, 1792
france declares war on austria and prussia
aug 10, 1792
legislative assembly falls
sept 20, 1792
french army stops prussians and austrians at Valmy (belgium)
sept 21, 1792
france declared a republic after monarchy is abolished
oct 1792
revolutionary calendar isintroduced; sept 22, 1972 = day 1
jan 21, 1793
convention executes the king
feb 1793
convention declares war on 1st coalition of austria, prussia, britain, holland, and spain
feb 1793
counter-revolutionary revolt in the Vendee begins
march 1793
reign of terror by robespierre
aug 23, 1793
military draft instituted
fall 1793
price controls ,dechristianization, admin. reform
apr 4, 1794
danton executed
june 26, 1794
french victory over austrians at fleurens (belgium)
july 28, 1794
thermidor: robespierre executed, end of terror
feb 21, 1795
churches reopened
aug 22, 1795
new constitution is adopted, forming the directory
oct 5, 1795
napoleon saves the directory from a royalist mob
sept 4, 1797
coup d’etat removes royalists from directory
oct 17, 1797
french defeat austrians in N Italy and make peace
1798
french capture switz., rome and naples; suffer bad defeat in egypt
spring 1799
2nd coalition of austria, russia, turkey and great britain drive french army back
nov 9, 1799
napoleons coup d’etat abolishes directory and establishes consulate
1801-2
napoleon makes peace with austria and britain, concordat with the pope
1803
renewed war with britain
1804
napoleonic code promulgated
1805
3rd coalition (austria, britain, and russia) moves against france
1805-09
french victories; “republics” set up throughout europe, spain resists
1812
napoleon suffers major defeat in russia
1814
austria, britain, prussia, and russia defeat france, napoleon sent to elba
march 1815
napoleon returns to france for “100 days”
june 18, 1815
british and prussians defeat napoleon at waterloo; louis 18th restored
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