Timeline

Sept. 6, 1757-Lafayette is born
April 11, 1774-Marries Adrienne d'Ayen-Noailles
1777-Goes to America to fight in Revolutionary War, meets George Washington, Battle of Brandywine
1779-Returns to France
1780-Returns to America with armed forces
1789- Presents the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, elected commandment-general of National Guard
1792-Robespierre orders Lafayette arrested
1796-Lafayette is released from prison in Austria
1815-helps force Napoleon Bonaparte into exile
1834-Dies in Paris