Timeline of Key Events

Early Life and Marriage (1755-1774)

- November 2, 1755: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna born in Vienna - 1765: Death of her father, Emperor Francis I - 1769: Official marriage negotiations begin with France - April 21, 1770: Proxy marriage in Vienna - May 7, 1770: Ceremonial handover at the Rhine - May 16, 1770: Marriage to Louis-Auguste at Versailles - 1772: Forced to acknowledge Madame du Barry - May 10, 1774: Death of Louis XV; becomes Queen of France

Reign as Queen (1774-1789)

- June 11, 1775: Coronation of Louis XVI at Reims - 1777: Visit of Emperor Joseph II; consummation of marriage - December 19, 1778: Birth of Marie-Thérèse Charlotte - October 22, 1781: Birth of Louis-Joseph - 1783-1786: Construction of the Hameau de la Reine - March 27, 1785: Birth of Louis-Charles - 1785-1786: Diamond Necklace Affair - May 4, 1789: Opening of the Estates-General - June 4, 1789: Death of the first dauphin, Louis-Joseph - July 14, 1789: Fall of the Bastille - October 5-6, 1789: March on Versailles; forced move to Paris

Revolution and Captivity (1789-1793)

- June 20-25, 1791: Failed flight to Varennes - September 14, 1791: Louis XVI accepts the Constitution - April 20, 1792: France declares war on Austria - August 10, 1792: Attack on the Tuileries; fall of the monarchy - August 13, 1792: Imprisonment in the Temple - September 21, 1792: Abolition of the monarchy - January 21, 1793: Execution of Louis XVI - July 3, 1793: Louis-Charles separated from his mother - August 2, 1793: Transfer to the Conciergerie - October 14-15, 1793: Trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal - October 16, 1793: Execution at the Place de la Révolution