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TIMELINE
Brief
Overview of Historical Paris
1789 French Revolution
The French Revolution began in 1789 and did not officially end until 1815, when Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo. Revolutionaries overthrew the monarchy, and on August 26, 1789, The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted, establishing the first republican government.
1799 Napoleon Bonaparte
After more than a decade of turmoil and fighting, Napoleon took control
of the government and was crowned as First Consulate in 1799. In 1804, Napoleon named himself emperor, and for the next decade would build France into a military power and expand his empire until his defeat in 1850.
1839 Daguerreotype
Louis Jaques Mande Daguerre publicized the first successful photographic
process, introducing a new art form to Paris and the rest of the world.
1848 Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III)
Following the fall of the First Republic and several failed attempts at
reestablishing a monarchy, Louis Napoleon led a coup and was elected as president of the Second Republic. In 1852, he named himself Emperor Napoleon III and reigned until 1871, when the establishment of the Third Republic officially ended the existence of a monarchy in France. It was Napoleon III who instigated Haussmann's remodeling of Paris.
1853 Baron George Haussmann
Haussmann played a major role in the restructuring of the city and creating what is seen today as contemporary Paris. Haussmann's Paris is characterized by the empty space surrounding its monuments and the grand boulevards.
1874 Impressionism
The first exhibit of impressionist artwork was put on, featuring such artists as Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, and Paul Cezanne.
1889 Universal Exposition
This "World's fair" was a celebration of the centennial of the French Revolution and inspired the controversial construction of the Eiffel Tower.
1921 The Lost Generation
In December of 1921, Ernest Hemingway moved to Paris, where he would spend almost a decade of his life working as a journalist and a writer. In Paris, Hemingway published a book of short stories, In Our Time, and his first successful novel,The Sun Also Rises.
RELATED LINKS
| Hemingway
in Paris Timeline Website that contains a history and table based
on Michael Reynolds's Hemingway: The Paris Years (Blackwell, 1989),
volume 2 of his biography of Hemingway.
Revolution of 1848 An eyewitness description of the conflict in mid-nineteenth century France. The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871 Website from the Northwestern University Library that has images and index of Paris during the siege and commune in 1870-1871. Paris at the Time of Phillippe Auguste Website on Paris in the Middle Ages during the reign of Philippe Auguste. Musee Carnavalet Website for the museum of history of the city of Paris.
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