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23 Aug 1754Louis-Auguste, Duke of Berry and future King Louis XVI of France, is born.
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20 Dec 1765Louis, dauphin of France and only son of Louis XV of France, dies of tuberculosis aged 36.
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May 1770Marie Antoinette, aged 14, is married to the 15-year-old dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France.
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10 May 1774Louis XVI is crowned King of France at age 19.
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Apr 1777Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, visits France to help fix the troubled marriage of his sister Queen Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of France.
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19 Dec 1778Queen Marie Antoinette of France gives birth to her first child, daughter Marie-Thérèse, eight years after she married Louis XVI of France.
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Oct 1789The Women's March on Versailles increases demand for a French constitutional monarchy, relocates the royal family to the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
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20 Jun 1791 - 21 Jun 1791The Flight to Varennes, an attempted escape by the French royal family from Paris, is foiled; public disdain for the monarchy increases.
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27 Aug 1791The Declaration of Pillnitz is issued by Austria and Prussia, threatening war against France should any harm befall the French royal family.
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20 Apr 1792Revolutionary France declares war on Austria, sparking the War of the First Coalition.
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13 Aug 1792The family of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette are imprisoned in the Tower of the Temple.
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21 Sep 1792The National Convention abolishes the French Monarchy during the French Revolution.
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21 Jan 1793King Louis XVI of France, now known as Citizen Louis Capet, is executed by guillotine.
