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The following is a chronological statement of the most important events mentioned in this volume, as well as of those directly connected with the French Revolution:

August 23, 1754 Birth of Louis XVI.
1770 Marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
1774 Louis XVI ascends the throne.
March 27, 1785 Birth of Louis XVII.
1789 Louis XVII becomes Dauphin.
May 5, 1789 Meeting of States General. Revolutionary agitations.
June 17, 1789 Third Estate takes the name of Constituent Assembly.
July 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille.
July 14, 1790 The “Feast of the Pikes” on the Champ de Mars, and the oath of Federation.
June 20, 1791 Flight of the Royal Family to Varennes.
June 25, 1791 Brought back to Paris as captives.
September, 1791 Constitution adopted.
April, 1792 War with Prussia and Austria.
September21,1792 Proclamation of the Republic.
January 21, 1793 Execution of Louis XVI.
March, 1793 Establishment of Revolutionary Tribunal.
April, 1793 Establishment of Committee of Public Safety.
July 3, 1793 Imprisonment of the Dauphin in the Temple.
July 13, 1793 Assassination of Marat.
October 16, 1793 Execution of Marie Antoinette.
1793-94 Reign of Terror.
April 6, 1794 Execution of Danton.
July 27, 1794 Execution of Robespierre.
June 8, 1795 Death of the Dauphin in the Temple.
October 5, 1795 Victory of Buonaparte over the Sections.
1796 Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars.
November, 1799 Beginning of the Consulate.
1802 Napoleon made Life Consul.
March 18, 1804 Establishment of the Empire.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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