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The French Revolution

From the fiscal crisis of the Ancien Régime through the storming of the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, and Napoleon's rise to power.

16 years

832 blocks

22 events

7 stages

1 block = 1 week · 1 row = 52 weeks16y · 832 blocks

1785

1790

1795

1800

Stages

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Chronicle

22 events · 7 stages

Ancien Régime crisis

4y 18w

Jan 1, 1785 → May 2, 1789

Diamond Necklace Affair

Aug 13, 1785

Assembly of Notables

Feb 17, 1787

Constitutional monarchy

3y 14w

May 2, 1789 → Aug 4, 1792

Estates-General convened

May 2, 1789

Tennis Court Oath

Jun 20, 1789

Storming of the Bastille

Jul 11, 1789

The Great Fear

Jul 18, 1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Aug 22, 1789

Women's March on Versailles

Oct 3, 1789

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Jul 10, 1790

Flight to Varennes

Jun 18, 1791

France declares war on Austria

Apr 14, 1792

First French Republic

1y 4w

Aug 4, 1792 → Aug 31, 1793

Storming of the Tuileries Palace

Aug 4, 1792

September Massacres

Sep 1, 1792

French Republic declared

Sep 15, 1792

Execution of Louis XVI

Jan 19, 1793

Reign of Terror

47w

Aug 31, 1793 → Jul 26, 1794

Reign of Terror begins

Aug 31, 1793

Execution of Marie Antoinette

Oct 12, 1793

Thermidorian Reaction

1y 14w

Jul 26, 1794 → Oct 31, 1795

Fall of Robespierre (Thermidor)

Jul 26, 1794

The Directory

4y 1w

Oct 31, 1795 → Nov 2, 1799

The Directory established

Oct 31, 1795

Napoleon's Italian Campaign

Apr 2, 1796

Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign

Jun 30, 1798

Rise of Napoleon

1y 7w

Nov 9, 1799 → Dec 27, 1800

Coup of 18 Brumaire

Nov 9, 1799

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