1774 - Louis XVI crowned.
1778-83 – France supports the the American Revolution.
1783 - Henri-Marie Beyle born.
1789 - French Revolution, storming of La Bastille.
1792 - Louis XVI is tried for treason and convicted; the monarchy is abolished.
1793 - Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are guillotined in Paris.
1794 - Robespierre overthrown.
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte named First Consul.
1804 – Napoleon crowns himself Emperor.
1808 - Napoleon Commercial Code goes into effect, standardizing commercial practices throughout the French Empire.
1809: The baccalaureate examination is established.
1812 – Napoleon defeated in Russia.
1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
Louis XVIII crowned king.
Congress of Vienna begins to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon.
1815 - Napoleon returns to Paris, the beginning of the "100 Days"
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1815 - Napoleon is deported to Santa Helena, an island off the coast of Africa.
1824 – Louis XVIII dies and his brother, Charles X is crowned king.
1830 – ‘Three Glorious Days’ of the July Revolution. Charles X abdicates in favour of his grandson, the Comte de Chambord but the chamber of deputies refuse to ratify his decision. Louis-Philippe of the Orleans family is crowned king.
1842 - Henri-Marie Beyle dies.
1848 - Abdication of Louis Philippe. Institution of Second Rebuplic. Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes president. After a coup in 1851, he names himself sucessively President for Life and then Emperor, ruling as Napoleon III.
1778-83 – France supports the the American Revolution.
1783 - Henri-Marie Beyle born.
1789 - French Revolution, storming of La Bastille.
1792 - Louis XVI is tried for treason and convicted; the monarchy is abolished.
1793 - Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette are guillotined in Paris.
1794 - Robespierre overthrown.
1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte named First Consul.
1804 – Napoleon crowns himself Emperor.
1808 - Napoleon Commercial Code goes into effect, standardizing commercial practices throughout the French Empire.
1809: The baccalaureate examination is established.
1812 – Napoleon defeated in Russia.
1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
Louis XVIII crowned king.
Congress of Vienna begins to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon.
1815 - Napoleon returns to Paris, the beginning of the "100 Days"
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1815 - Napoleon is deported to Santa Helena, an island off the coast of Africa.
1824 – Louis XVIII dies and his brother, Charles X is crowned king.
1830 – ‘Three Glorious Days’ of the July Revolution. Charles X abdicates in favour of his grandson, the Comte de Chambord but the chamber of deputies refuse to ratify his decision. Louis-Philippe of the Orleans family is crowned king.
1842 - Henri-Marie Beyle dies.
1848 - Abdication of Louis Philippe. Institution of Second Rebuplic. Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes president. After a coup in 1851, he names himself sucessively President for Life and then Emperor, ruling as Napoleon III.
