| A | B |
| Execution of Louis XVI | 1793 |
| Robespierre's Reign of Terror | 1793-1794 |
| Robespierre deposed & executed | 1794 |
| Napoleonic era | 1799-1815 |
| Napoleon invades Russia | 1812 |
| Napoleon defeated & exiled | 1814-1815 |
| Napoleon overthrows the Directory | November 1799 |
| French voters overwhelmingly approve Napoleon's new constituion | December 1799 |
| France defeats Austria & acquires Italian & German territories. Napoleon signs the Concordat with the Pope | 1801 |
| France signs the Treaty of Amiens with Britain | 1802 |
| Napoleon crowns himself Emperor | December 1804 |
| Britain defeats the French & Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar | October 1805 |
| Napoleon defeats Austria & Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz | December 1805 |
| Napoleon redraws the map of Europe in the treaties of Tilsit | 1807 |
| The Grand Empire is at its height | 1810 |
| Napoleon invades Russia with 600 | 000 men |
| Napoleon makes a disastrous retreat from Russia | Fall-Winter 1812 |
| Russia | Prussia |
| Napoleon abdicates & is exiled to Elba | April 1814 |