France enters American War of Independence against Britain
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1781
Necker resigned
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1783
1. Peace of Paris; 2. Calonne appointed finance minister
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1787
Meeting of the Assembly of Notables
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1788
1. Estates General called for 1789; 2. Payments from the Treasury suspended; 3. Second Assembly of Notables; 4. Royal decree to double the number of third estate deputies
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1789
1. Sieyes published 'What is the Third Estate?'; 2. Opening of the Estates-General at Versailles; 3. National Assembly claimed national sovereignty; 4. Tennis Court Oath; 5. Fall of the Bastille; 6. The Great Fear in the Countryside; 7. October Days
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1790
1. Feudalism abolished; 2. Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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1791
1. Flight to Varennes; 2. Champ de Mars massacre; 3. Pillnitz Declaration
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1792
1. War declared on Austria; 2. Publication of the Brunswick Manifesto; 3. Overthrow of the monarchy
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1793
1. Trial and execution of Louis XVI; 2. Revolutionary Tribunal created; 3 Revolt in the Vendee began; 4. Committee of Public Safety created; 5. Federalist revolts - Bordeaux, Caen and Lyons; 6. Levee en masse decree issued; 7. Girondins executed
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1794
1. Hebertists and Dantonists executed 2. The Law of Prairial; 3. Thermidor - fall of Robespierre; 4. End of the Terror
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1795
1. White Terror in southern France; 2. Vendemiaire uprising in France; 3 Directory inaugurated
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1796
Napoleon appointed Commander in Italy
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1797
Treaty of Campo Fornio with Austria
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1798
Napoleon`s Egyptian Campaign
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1799
1. War of the Second Coalition; 2. Brumaire Coup - Napoleon took power
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1800
1. Bank of France founded; 2. Napoleon won Battle of Marengo; 3. Failed assassination attempt on Napoleon
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1801
Concordat with the Pope
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1802
1. Peace of Amiens - end of Revolutionary wars; 2. Tribunate purged for opposing the Civil Code; 3. Napoleon made First Consul for Life
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1803
Britain declared war on France, start of Napoleonic Wars , War of the Third Coalition
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1804
1. Execution of the Duc d'Enghein; 2. Civil Code promulgated; 3. Napoleon crowned Emperor (December)
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1805
1. Third coalition formed; 2. Naval defeat at Trafalgar; 3. Napoleon defeat at Battle of Trafalgar; 3. Napoleon wins Battle of Austerlitz
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1806
1. Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine; 2. War of Fourth Coalition; 4. Napoleon defeated the Prussians at the battle of Jena
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1807
1. Napoleon defeateded Russians at the Battles of Eylau and Friedland; 2. Treaty of Tilsit; 3. Creation of the Kingdom of Westphalia and the Duchy of Poland; 4. Napoleonic Code introduced to Europe
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1808
1. Peninsular War began; 2. Legislature abolished
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1809
1. War of Fifth Coalition; 2. Napoleon suffers first defat at Aspern; 3. Napoleon defeated Austrians at the Battle of Wagram
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1810
Napoleon divorced Josephine and married Marie-Louise of Austria
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1812
1. Britiain and the USA at war; 2. Napoleon invaded Russia
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1813
1. Sixth Coalition formed; 2. Napoleon defeated at Battle of Leipzig
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1814
1. Treaty of Chaumont, formal alliance of the great powers - Austria, Britian, Prussia and Russia; 2. Paris surrendered, Talleyrand head of provisional government; 3. First Bourbon restoration; 4. First Treaty of Paris
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1814 Continued
5. Napoleon exiled to Elba; 6. Congress of Vienna opened
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1815
1. The 100 Days; 2. The Battle of Waterloo; 3. Napoleon`s abdication; 4. Second Bourbon Restoration
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France enters American War of Independence against Britain
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Necker resigned
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1. Peace of Paris; 2. Calonne appointed finance minister
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