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1762-1796: Reign of Catherine the Great; influence of the French enlightenment until 1790 |
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July 14, 1789: a mob storms the Bastille Prison |
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July 17, 1789: King Louis XVI submits to the National Constituent Assembly |
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November 2, 1789: all Church property confiscated by the State |
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April 20, 1792: France declares war on Austria |
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August 10, 1792: an insurrection overthrows the monarchy |
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January 21, 1793: King Louis XVI executed |
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1796-1801: Reign of Paul, "The Tyrant" |
1796-97: French Army under Napoleon defeats Prussia |
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November 9, 1799: a coup d'etat brings Napoleon to power |
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March 1801: Paul assassinated; his son Alexander becomes Emperor at 23 |
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1801-5: liberal reforms, plans for a constitutional monarchy |
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1801: Russia annexes Georgia |
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| May 1802: Napoleon elected consul for life | |
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1803-5: War with Great Britain |
| 1804: Russo-Persian War begins | December 2, 1804: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor at 35 |
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1805: anti-Napoleon coalition established: Britain, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Naples |
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December 2, 1805: Napoleon defeats Austria and Russia in Austerlitz, Austria |
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1806: Russo-Turkish War begins |
September 1806: Prussia declares war on France |
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October 14, 1806: Napoleon defeats Prussia |
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February and June, 1807: Napoleon defeats Russia in Poland |
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June 25, 1807: Napoleon and Alexander meet at Tilsit, arrive at a truce |
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1807-12: second period of Russian reform |
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1808-9: Russo-Swedish War: Russia wins Finland |
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1812: Russia defeats Turkey; wins domination of Romania |
June 24, 1812: Napoleon invades Russia |
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September 7, 1812: the Battle of Borodino ends inconclusively |
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September 7-14, 1812: Moscow abandoned |
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September 14, 1812: Napoleon enters Moscow, finds it deserted and on fire |
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October 19-20, 1812: The French leave Moscow |
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| October 23, 1812: Napoleon's death announced in Paris, coup attempted | |
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November, 1812: Russia launches guerilla war against the French |
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| December 5, 1812: Napoleon abandons the army | |
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December 18, 1812: Napoleon arrives in Paris |
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1813: Russia defeats Persia; wins Georgia |
October 16-19, 1813: French army destroyed at Leipzig |
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March 30, 1814: Russian army enters Paris |
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April 6, 1814: Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII made King by the allies |
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May 4, 1814: Napoleon arrives on Elba Island |
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| March 1, 1815: Napoleon lands at Cannes, arrives in Paris on March 20 | |
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September 1814-June 1815: Council of Vienna: Russia obtains Poland |
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June 18, 1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo |
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June 22, 1815: Napoleon abdicates, Louis XVIII returns to power |
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September 26, 1815: Russia, Austria and Prussia sign the "Holy Alliance" |
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October 15, 1815: Napoleon lands at St. Helena in south Atlantic |
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November 20, 1815, Russia, Austria, Prussia and Great Britain sign the "Quadruple Alliance" |
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1816-21: farms converted into "military settlements" |
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May 5, 1821: Napoleon dies |
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September 1824: Charles X succeeds Louis as King of France |
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1825: Alexander dies suddenly; his brother Nikolai becomes Emperor |
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December 26, 1825: Decembrist Revolution fails; period of political repression until 1860 |
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