French Revolution
1789–1799 · Event
Overthrow of the French monarchy; reshapes European politics for a century.
On these timelines: France, French Revolution, Master, Napoleonic Wars
More from France
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
Around 1789
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- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Jacobite rising of 1745 (1745)
- American Revolution (1775)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)