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The French Revolution
Timeline Assignment
A.P. European History
Mrs. Ash
Instructions:
1. You will create an annotated timeline that will cover the dates that are listed on the
back of this sheet.
2. Each event must have a very detailed explanation.
3. Your writing must be neat and orderly.
4. Take your time on this assignment. This will not only help you learn the events of the
French Revolution but it is also worth 50 points!
Example:
1805 – Battle of Trafalgar – The British commander, Horatio Nelson, split the larger French
fleet, capturing many ships. This ensured the supremacy of the British navy for the next 100
years and forced Napoleon to give up his plans of invading Britain……… (add lots of
detail!)
Dates that Need to Be Included
1. 1774 – King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and
Queen (discuss personality/characteristics) – (online)
2. May 1789 – King Louis XVI summons the Estates-General (700)
3. June 17, 1789 – National Assembly formed (700)
4. June 20, 1789 – Tennis Court Oath (700)
5. July 14, 1789 – Fall of the Bastille (702)
6. August, 1789 – National Assembly writes the Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen (703)
7. October, 1789 – March to Versailles (703)
8. June 1791 – Attempt to flee and Declaration of Pillnitz (705)
9. September, 1791 – New Constitution (704)
10.April – Summer 1792 – War with Austria and Prussia (706)
11. September, 1792 – September Massacres (706)
12. September, 1792 – National Convention formed, Rise of Jacobins, France is a
republic (706-707)
13. January, 1793 – Death of King Louis XVI (707)
14. January, 1793 – European countries unite against France (707)
15.February, 1793 – Maximilien Robespierre gains power (707)
16. July, 1793 – Reign of Terror & Committee of Public Safety (708-710)
17. July, 1794 – Thermidorian Reaction / Robespierre executed (711)
18. 1795 – The Directory is established (712)
19. November, 1799 – Napoleon overthrows (coup d’etat) the Directory (713)
20. 1802 – Napoleonic code (713-714)
21.1803 – Louisiana Purchase (online research)
22.1804 – Napoleon names himself Emperor (715)
23. 1806 – Continental System put into action (715)
24.1808 – Peninsular War (717 and online research)
25. 1812 – Napoleon invades Russia (717)
26. March 1814 – Napoleon surrenders (718)
27. March 1815 – Napoleon escapes Elba Island and returns to France (718)
28. June 1815 – Battle at Waterloo (718)
29. 1815 – 1821 - Napoleon exiled to St. Helena and dies (718 and online)
30. 1815 – Congress of Vienna (757-759)