The age of revolutions

55 historical events from the age of revolutions. 1760 – 1839

• 1762 CECatherine II Seizes Russian Throne
• 1765 CEStamp Act Passed
• 1768 CECook First Pacific Voyage
• 1769 CEWatt Patents Improved Steam Engine
• 1770 CEBoston Massacre
• 1770 CELudwig van Beethoven Is Born
• 1773 CEBoston Tea Party
• 1775 CEBattles of Lexington and Concord
• 1776 CEThe U.S. Declaration of Independence
• 1781 CEYorktown Siege
• 1783 CEThe First Manned Hot-Air Balloon Flies
• 1783 CETreaty of Paris Ends US Revolution
• 1787 CEUS Constitutional Convention
• 1788 CEU.S. Constitution Ratified
• 1789 CEDeclaration of the Rights of Man
• 1789 CEThe Storming of the Bastille
• 1789 CEWashington Inaugurated
• 1791 CEBill of Rights Ratified
• 1792 CEThe New York Stock Exchange Begins
• 1793 CECotton Gin Patented
• 1793 CELouis XVI Executed
• 1794 CEWhiskey Rebellion
• 1796 CEJenner Smallpox Vaccination
• 1797 CEJohn Adams Is Inaugurated
• 1797 CEThe First Parachute Jump Is Made
• 1798 CEAlien and Sedition Acts
• 1799 CEGeorge Washington Dies
• 1799 CENapoleon Coup of 18 Brumaire
• 1800 CELibrary of Congress Founded
• 1801 CEAct of Union with Ireland
• 1803 CELouisiana Purchase
• 1804 CEHaiti Declares Independence
• 1804 CELewis and Clark Depart
• 1804 CENapoleon Crowns Himself
• 1805 CEBattle of Trafalgar
• 1806 CEContinental System Decreed
• 1807 CEAbolition of British Slave Trade
• 1809 CEAbraham Lincoln Is Born
• 1809 CECharles Darwin Is Born
• 1812 CEUnited States Declares War on Britain
• 1815 CEMount Tambora Eruption
• 1815 CEThe Battle of Waterloo
• 1819 CEAdams-Onis Treaty
• 1821 CEGreek War of Independence
• 1821 CEMexico Wins Independence
• 1822 CEBrazil Declares Independence
• 1825 CEErie Canal Opens
• 1825 CEStockton and Darlington Railway Opens
• 1826 CEFirst Photography Experiments
• 1830 CEJuly Revolution in France
• 1833 CESlavery Abolished in British Empire
• 1835 CETexas Revolution Begins
• 1836 CETexas Declares Independence
• 1837 CEQueen Victoria Ascends
• 1839 CEFirst Opium War Begins