King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution
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King Louis XVI and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution
Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French…
Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins…
The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the…
Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking…
Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue, led by Dutty Boukman, held a Vodou ceremony that became a pivotal act of…
The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of…
French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of…
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
King Louis XVI accepts the new French constitution.
The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.
The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.
The revolutionary group the United Irishmen is formed in Belfast, Ireland leading to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
Treaty of Drottningholm, between Sweden and Russia
Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of