1755 CE: Marie Antoinette, future queen of France, is born in Vienna, Austria.

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

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.

1780 CE: Death of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Vienna, aged 63.

1783 CE: Queen Marie Antoinette of France begins an affair with Count Axel von Fersen, the origin of many rumors and gossip accusing her of sexual depravity.

1784 CE - 1786 CE: The affair of the diamond necklace permanently destroys the reputation of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.

1789 CE: The death of Louis-Joseph, the 7-year-old dauphin of France, is overshadowed by the dramatic events of the Estates-General.

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.

1793 CE: Queen Marie Antoinette of France is tried before the Revolutionary Tribunal. She is found guilty of high treason and is sentenced to death.

1793 CE: Marie Antoinette is executed by guillotine at the Place de la Révolution.