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Bonaparte marries Joséphine Beauharnais. March 9, 1796

Publication of Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution. November 1790

Foulon de Doué and Bertier de Sauvigny are murdered in Paris. July 22, 1789

Three Poitevin curés decide to join the Third Estate, leaving the Chambers of the Clergy. June 13, 1789

Affair of the Diamond Necklace. 1785

Louis XVI becomes king. May 10, 1774

Legal system reorganized by Chancellor Maupeou. Parlement of Paris is split up and magistrates are appointed by the government. February 23, 1771

Austrians enter Milan; during the summer a succession of Russian and Austrian victories remove French power in Italy except for a besieged garrison at Genoa. April 29, 1799

Proclamation of Helvetic Republic by France. March 1798

Proclamation of Roman Republic by France. February 15, 1798

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