CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
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| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 1763. | Peace of Paris; Canada ceded to Britain. British dominant in India. |
| 1764. | Battle of Buxar. |
| 1769. | Napoleon Bonaparte born. |
| 1774. | Louis XVI began his reign. Suicide of Clive. The American revolutionary drama began. |
| 1775. | Battle of Lexington. |
| 1776. | Declaration of Independence by the United States of America. |
| 1778. | J. J. Rousseau, the creator of modern democratic sentiment, died. |
| 1780. | End of the reign of Maria-Theresa. The Emperor Joseph (1765 to 1790) succeeded her in the hereditary Habsburg dominions. |
| 1783. | Treaty of Peace between Britain and the new United States of America. Quaco set free in Massachusetts. |
| 1787. | The Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia set up the Federal Government of the United States. France discovered to be bankrupt. The Assembly of the Notables. |
| 1788. | First Federal Congress of the United States at New York. |
| 1789. | The French States-General assembled. Storming of the Bastille. |
| 1791. | The Jacobin Revolution. Flight to Varennes. |
| 1792. | France declared war on Austria; Prussia declared war on France. Battle of Valmy. France became a republic. |
| 1793. | Louis XVI beheaded. |
| 1794. | Execution of Robespierre and end of the Jacobin republic. Rule of the Convention. |
| 1795. | The Directory. Bonaparte suppressed a revolt and went to Italy as commander-in-chief. |
| 1797. | By the Peace of Campo Formio Bonaparte destroyed the Republic of Venice. |
| 1798. | Bonaparte went to Egypt. Battle of the Nile. |
| 1799. | Bonaparte returned. He became First Consul with enormous powers. |
| 1800. | Legislative union of Ireland and England enacted January 1st, 1801. |
