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  1. French Revolution (Part 1) Lecture favorites

    Lecture 1 - French Revolution (Part 1)

    Part 1 of the French Revolution. From the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille.

  2. French Revolution (Part 2) Lecture favorites

    Lecture 2 - French Revolution (Part 2)

    Royals try to escape. Champ De Mars Massacre. Declaration of Pillnitz. Movement towards becoming a Republic.

  3. French Revolution (Part 3) - Reign of Terror Lecture favorites
  4. French Revolution (Part 4) - The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte Lecture favorites
  5. Haitian Revolution (Part 1) Lecture favorites

    Lecture 5 - Haitian Revolution (Part 1)

    Slaves rebel in Saint-Domingue (Haiti). Rise of Toussaint L'Ouverture.

  6. Haitian Revolution (Part 2) Lecture favorites

    Lecture 6 - Haitian Revolution (Part 2)

    Dessalines takes on Leclerc and Rochambeau.

  7. Napoleon and the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions Lecture favorites

    Lecture 7 - Napoleon and the Wars of the First and Second Coalitions

    Overview of the first two coalitions against France and Napoleon's roles in them.

  8. Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition Lecture favorites

    Lecture 8 - Napoleon and the War of the Third Coalition

    Napoleon leads France to become the dominant power in Europe. Napoleon I becomes Emperor of France.

  9. Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition Lecture favorites

    Lecture 9 - Napoleon and the War of the Fourth Coalition

    Napoleon takes on Prussia and Russia and wins again.

  10. Napoleon's Peninsular Lecture favorites

    Lecture 10 - Napoleon's Peninsular

    French forces get embroiled in the Iberian Peninsula.

  11. French Invasion of Russia Lecture favorites

    Lecture 11 - French Invasion of Russia

    Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia.

  12. Napoleon Forced to Abdicate Lecture favorites

    Lecture 12 - Napoleon Forced to Abdicate

    The Sixth Coalition forces Napoleon into exile on Elba.