10 Chapter 9 Timelines

TIMELINE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE'S LIFE 1755 Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna is born on November 2 in Vienna to Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor 1770 Leaves Austria for France on April 21 On May 16, marries Louis Auguste, the future king of France 1774 King Louis XV dies of smallpox on May 10 1775 Louis Auguste is crowned King Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette becomes queen, on June 11 In August, Louis gives Petit Trianon to Marie Antoinette 1777 Marie Antoinette's brother, Emperor Joseph of Austria, visits her at Versailles 1778 Daughter Madame Royale is born 1780 Mother, Empress Maria Theresa, dies 1781 Son Louis Joseph is born 1785 Second son, Louis Charles, is born The Diamond Necklace Affair causes a scandal 1786 Daughter Sophie Beatrice is born and dies less than a year later

1789 Louis XVI calls a meeting of the Estates General in May Marie Antoinette's son Louis Joseph dies in June On July 14, a mob storms the Bastille prison On October 5, the poor women of Paris march on Versailles, and the royal family is taken to Paris 1791 In June, the royal family attempts to escape from the Tuileries 1792 In August, the royal family is imprisoned in the Temple Tower 1793 The king is sentenced to death and beheaded by guillotine on January 21 Marie Antoinette suffers the same fate on October 16

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 1752 American Benjamin Franklin experiments with electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm 1754–1763 Britain and France fight over territories in America in the French and Indian War 1758 A comet appears, just as English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656–1742) predicted it would, and it becomes known as Halley's Comet 1767 English mapmaker John Spilsbury invents the first jigsaw puzzle, showing a map of England and Wales, which is used to teach children geography 1768 British explorer James Cook heads out in the Endeavor on the first of three important expeditions in the Pacific Ocean 1769 James Watt creates a steam engine that uses less fuel than earlier models 1775–1783 The colonies of America fight against England for independence in the American Revolution 1782 The Montgolfier brothers, French papermakers, invent the first hot-air balloon 1783 Noah Webster publishes the first part of his spelling book, which will go on to sell more than seventy million copies

1785 Englishman Edmund Cartwright invents the first steampowered loom for weaving thread into fabric 1789–1799 The French Revolution transforms the government of France from a monarchy to a republic 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is performed in Vienna 1796 Edward Jenner, a British doctor, experiments with the first smallpox vaccination