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The 3 estates (1614)

Enlightenment (1715)
Accession of Louis XVI (1774)
American Revolution (1775)
Estates General Meeting (Jan. 24, 1789)
Tennis Court Oath ( June 20, 1789)
Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen ( Aug. 26, 1789)
Dr. Guillotin proposes scientific device for execution (Oct. 19, 1789)
National Assemble abolished the nobility (May 19, 1790)
Louis and Marie Antoinette attempt to flee ( June 20-21, 1791)
The Constitution of 1791 is proclaimed (September 3,1791)
Louis XVI accepts the Constitution (September 14, 1791)
War with Austria (April 20. 1792)
September Massacres (September 2, 1792)
French Republic is proclaimed (September 21, 1792)
Trial of the King (December 20, 1792)
King Louis XVI execution (January 21, 1793)
Committee of Public Safety is founded (April 6, 1793)
Reign of Terror begins (September 17, 1793)
Marie Antoinette execution ( October 16, 1793)
Maximilien Robespierre execution ( July 28, 1794)
1796, Napoleon commanded a French army against Austria, (1796)
The Coup of 18 Brumaire (November 1799)
The Napoleonic Wars (1803)
Napoleon proclaimed Emperor (May 18, 1804)
Napoleon forced to abdicate the throne (April 6, 1814)
Napoleon was exiled (October 1815)

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