1755
Born on 2nd November in Vienna. The youngest daughter of Maria Theresa and ...........the Emperor Francis Stephen.

1766
French marriage alliance proposed by Vienna

1769
Louis XV requests the hand of the Archduchess Maria Antonia for his nephew ...........and heir, the Dauphin Louis-Auguste

1770
Bridal journey from Vienna through southern Germany to Strassbourg and then ...........on to Versailles.

1774
Louis XV dies on the 10th May. Accession of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ...........to the French throne. .

1778
Her first child, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, is born

1785
The affair of the diamond necklace. .

1789
The outbreak of the French Revolution. The court is moved to Paris. .

1790
Abolition of the aristocracy. Civil constitution of the clergy.

1791
Flight to Varennes. The royal family is brought back to Paris.

1792
Storm of the Tuileries. The royal family are interned in the Temple

1793
On the 21st January Louis XVI is executed. .......... On the 16th October Queen Marie Antoinette dies under the guillotine.