Louis XVI's Grandfather, King Louis XV, passed away leaving 19 year old Louis and 18 year old Marie Antoinette to take the throne.
10/04/1774The American Revolution War begins for American Independence with England. France decides to put funds toward America to represent their "power" and in doing so increasing the taxes to an all-time high, additional to what tax payers can manage.
19/04/1775With the 3rd class sinking deeper into desperation and deprivation, some come to a realisation; the only way to cease equality is to take it. A mob of thousands marched on the Bastille, demanding the vast stockpile of bombs, ammunition, weapons etc. Inadvertently, beginning the French Revolution and going on to annihilate the Monarchy all together.
14/07/1789The general panic amongst rich and poor alike. With speculation of the "famine plot", a plan to send the 3rd estate into complete starvation, burning crops etc. Commoners and peasants began arming themselves in self defence, and, in some regions, mobilising and attacking manor houses. Rumours spread from town to town, differing each time. After a month or so, the great fear was declared over.
17/07/1789A mob of thousands, predominantly women, marched on the residence of the royal family and National Constituent Assembly, all with their own objectives. Some because of food shortages, others with more violent intentions, most simply wanted the King to move back to Paris, away from "corrupting" influences and closer to the desperation and anguish, this, ultimately, what the mob and the royals agreed on.
05/10/1789The royal family's, rather exciting, attempted "flight" from Paris!
06/08/1791King Louis XVI of France is executed aged 38, beginning a long line of subsequent executions. 9 months after he met the guillotine, so did his wife, Marie Antoinette.
21/01/1793After King Louis' demise at the guillotine, hostile armies surrounding France, and a scary lack of order and government, the revolutionaries began to take harsh measures against anyone suspected "against the revolution". A wave of fear, accusations and executions followed, lasting about 10 months before eventually dying down.
05/09/1793After 10 years of terror, triumph and executions, the French revolution came to an end, the French society completely reconstructed. As surrounding nations attempt not to follow in the revolution's footsteps, they begin to turn on France, eventually leading to Napoleon Bonaparte's success!
11/09/1799