Reign of Louis XVI of France
1774–1792 · Event
The last king before the Revolution; executed by guillotine.
On these timelines: France, Master
More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- 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 1774
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Industrial Revolution begins (1760)
- American Revolution (1775)
- American Revolutionary War (1775)
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776)
- US Constitution (1787)
- Watt's separate-condenser steam engine patent (1769)
- First British settlement in Australia (1788)