Timeline of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolutions 1650-1815
Cultural events
Social events
Political events
Economic events
1648-1660: The Fronde civil wars in France
1650-1850: Agricultural Revolution in Europe
1663-1683: Colbert's economic reforms take place in France
1688-1725: Glorious revolution in England
1720-1789: European population boom
1763: Treaty of Paris signed, France loses Indian and North American possessions
1786-1789: Peak of the French Monarchy's economic crisis
1787: Louis XVI's minister of finance proposes general tax on all landed property
1789: Serfdom abolished in France
1789-1799: French Revolution 1789-1799
1789s: Newly formed French National Assembly takes Tennis Court Oath
1791: Slave Insurrection in Saint-Domingue
1795: National Convention tries to write a constitution that will guarantee economic superiority
1796: Jenner performs the first smallpox vaccine
1793-1794: Ropespierre leads his Reign of Terror
1799: Napoleon named First Consulate
1799-1815: Napoleonic Era
1810: Cotton Spinners in Manchester go on strike
1825: The first railroad is built in England
1851: The Great Exhibition is held at the Crystal Palace in England
Social events
Political events
Economic events
1648-1660: The Fronde civil wars in France
1650-1850: Agricultural Revolution in Europe
1663-1683: Colbert's economic reforms take place in France
1688-1725: Glorious revolution in England
1720-1789: European population boom
1763: Treaty of Paris signed, France loses Indian and North American possessions
1786-1789: Peak of the French Monarchy's economic crisis
1787: Louis XVI's minister of finance proposes general tax on all landed property
1789: Serfdom abolished in France
1789-1799: French Revolution 1789-1799
1789s: Newly formed French National Assembly takes Tennis Court Oath
1791: Slave Insurrection in Saint-Domingue
1795: National Convention tries to write a constitution that will guarantee economic superiority
1796: Jenner performs the first smallpox vaccine
1793-1794: Ropespierre leads his Reign of Terror
1799: Napoleon named First Consulate
1799-1815: Napoleonic Era
1810: Cotton Spinners in Manchester go on strike
1825: The first railroad is built in England
1851: The Great Exhibition is held at the Crystal Palace in England