Explore 263 historical events from 1780–1789.
The Storming of the Bastille, which occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, was an act of political violence by revolutionary insurgents who attempted to storm and seize contro…
Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. Bastille…
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new…
France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre …
France: abolition of feudalism by the National Constituent Assembly.
Mahmud II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. Often described as the "Peter the Great of Turkey", Mahmud instituted extensive administrative, mi…
Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan (died 1839)
Vasil Evstatiev Aprilov was a Bulgarian educator, merchant, philanthropist, writer and a national activist. Aprilov was a leading figure of the Bulgarian National Revival. He contr…
Vasil Aprilov, Bulgarian educator, merchant and writer (died 1847)
Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy was a French mathematician, engineer, and physicist. He was one of the first to rigorously state and prove the key theorems of calculus, pioneered the f…
Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (died 1857)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the…
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
Josiah Henson was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada in 1830, and founded a settlement …
Josiah Henson, American minister, author, and activist (died 1883)
Count Pyotr (Petr) Ivanovich Panin was a Russian soldier who later served as a general-in-chief in the Imperial Russian Army.
Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (born 1721)
Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval was a French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionised the French cannon, creating a new production system that allo…
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (born 1715)
Anders Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carl Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him.
Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (born 1751)
Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau was a French economist of the Physiocratic school. He was the father of Honoré, Comte de Mirabeau and André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabea…
Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and academic (born 1715)
Jacques de Flesselles was a French official and one of the early victims of the French Revolution.
Jacques de Flesselles, French politician (born 1721)
Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay was a French Royal Army officer who served as the governor of the Bastille. He was the son of a previous governor, and commander of the Bast…
Bernard-René de Launay, French politician (born 1740)
Jacques Duphly was a French harpsichordist and composer.
Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (born 1715)
Joseph-François Foullon de Doué was a French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI.
Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1715)
Fletcher Christian was an English sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh.
Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander Willia
George Washington's reception at Trenton was a celebration hosted by the Ladies of Trenton social club on April 21, 1789, in Trenton, New Jersey, as George Washington, then preside…
The Ladies of Trenton social club hosted a reception for President-elect George Washington as he journeyed to New York C
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces…
George Washington (pictured) took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, England, was the first stage of a three-part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to fo…
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, part of a cultural project initiated by engraver John Boydell, opened in London
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: Jacques Necker was dismissed as Director-General of Finances of France, sparking public…
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was …
The Bastille, a fortress and prison in Paris, was stormed by a crowd during the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
The national colours of Italy are green, white, and red, collectively known in Italian as il Tricolore. The three Italian national colours appeared for the first time in Genoa on 2…
The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.…
French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (pictured), defining a set of individual…