1774
Accession of Louis XVI
1788
8 August Estates-General convoked for 1789
1789
5 May Estates-General convenes
14 July Bastille falls
4 August Abolition of feudalism
26 August Declaration of Rights of Man
1790
12 July Civil Constitution the Clergy
1791
13 April Pope condemns the Civil Constitution
20-1 June Louis XVI
captured trying to flee France
1792
20 April War declared on Austria
13 June Prussia declares war on France
10 August Overthrow of monarchy
20 September French victory at Valmy
22 September Republic proclaimed
1793
21 January King executed
6 April Committee of Public Safety created
31 October Girondins executed
1794
27-8 July Fall of Robespierre
12 November Jacobin Club closed
1795
2 November Directory established
1796
11 April Napoleon invades Italy
1799
9-10 November Napoleon takes power
1804
21 March Introduction of the Civil Code
18 May Napoleon proclaimed emperor
1812
Napoleon invades Russia
1814?15
First Bourbon restoration
1815
20 March-22 June The Hundred Days
18 June French defeat at Waterloo
1989
July Bicentenary celebrations