1754 CE: Louis-Auguste, Duke of Berry and future King Louis XVI of France, is born.

1765 CE: Louis, dauphin of France and only son of Louis XV of France, dies of tuberculosis aged 36.

1770 CE: Marie Antoinette, aged 14, is married to the 15-year-old dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France.

1774 CE: Louis XVI is crowned King of France at age 19.

1777 CE: Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, visits France to help fix the troubled marriage of his sister Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of France.

1778 CE: Queen Marie Antoinette of France gives birth to her first child, daughter Marie-Thérèse, eight years after she married Louis XVI of France.

1789 CE: The Women's March on Versailles increases demand for a French constitutional monarchy, relocates the royal family to the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

1791 CE: The Flight to Varennes, an attempted escape by the French royal family from Paris, is foiled; public disdain for the monarchy increases.

1791 CE: The Declaration of Pillnitz is issued by Austria and Prussia, threatening war against France should any harm befall the French royal family.

1792 CE: Revolutionary France declares war on Austria, sparking the War of the First Coalition.

1792 CE: The family of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette are imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple.

1792 CE: The National Convention abolishes the French Monarchy during the French Revolution.

1793 CE: King Louis XVI of France, now known as Citizen Louis Capet, is executed by guillotine.