Appendix

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