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Louis XVI is tried and convicted as citizen 'Louis Capet' (as all kings since Hugh Capet
were declared to have ruled illegally) and executed; Marie-Antoinette's turn comes
nine months later.
1799
Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Directory and seizes control of the government
in a coup d'état, opening the doors to 16 years of despotic rule, victory and then de-
feat.
1815
British and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington defeat Napoléon at Water-
loo; he is sent into exile for the second time, this time to a remote island in the South
Atlantic.
1830
During the July Revolution, revolutionaries seize Hôtel de Ville and overthrow Charles
X (r 1824-30). Place de la Bastille's Colonne de Juillet honours those killed.
1848
After more than three decades of monarchy, King Louis-Philippe is ousted and the
short-lived Second Republic is established with Napoléon's incompetent nephew at
the helm.
1852-70
Paris enjoys significant economic growth during the Second Empire of Napoléon III
and much of the city is redesigned or rebuilt by Baron Haussmann as the Paris we
know today.
1871
Harsh terms inflicted on France by victor Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War leads to
open revolt and anarchy during the Paris Commune.
1880s
The Third Republic ushers in the bloody-then-beautiful belle époque, a madly creative
era that conceives bohemian Paris, with its decadent nightclubs and artistic cafes.
1889
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