The End of the Old ReichHistory 323 / Jan. 16, 2013

The Tennis Court Oath (June 20, 1789) – rendered by J.-L. David

Declaration of the Rights of Man

(Aug. 26, 1789)

The storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

Marie Antoinette(1755-1793)

Europe in 1790

The “flight to Varennes”(June 1791)

“Victory” at Valmy (Sept. 20, 1792)

Conquests in Germany: spreading the revolution by force

Napoleon in Rome (rendered by J.-L. David)

Detail: Napoleon crowning himself

Southwest Germany

transformed(1789 and

1806)

The Confederationof the Rhine(1806-1812)

= all German states save Prussia and

Austria

Franz II(Holy Roman Emperor, 1792-

1806)

= Franz I(Emperor of Austria,

1804-1835)

The Battle of Jena (Oct. 14, 1806)

Napoleon’s entry into Berlin (Oct. 27, 1806)

Queen Luise pleads to Napoleon for mercy (July 6, 1807)

Freiherr Karl vom Stein(Chief Minister, 1807-8)

Karl August von Hardenberg(Chief Minister, 1810-17)

Wilhelm von Humboldt

(1767-1835)

Humboldt University today

Gerhard von Scharnhorst(1755-1813)