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The French Revolution was a social and political process that developed in France between 1789 and 1799 whose main consequences were the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the proclamation of the Republic, eliminating the economic and social bases of the Old Regime.
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The first documented and indisputable European sighting and landing in Australia was in late February 1606, by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon aboard the Duyfken. Janszoon mapped the Australian coast and met with Aboriginal people. -
Classicism was a movement that represented historical and mythological events in a sober, rational and without exaggeration, which stood out for its perfection in its representations.
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The Encyclopedia was a project to systematize knowledge that brought together some of the best intellectuals of its time, with the intention of disseminating the principles of universality, truth, humanity, autonomy of reason, and secularism. -
The Seven Years' War was a series of international conflicts between early 1756 and late 1763 to establish control over Silesia and for colonial supremacy in North America and India.
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The American War of Independence was an armed conflict that was part of the Revolution of the Thirteen Colonies, in which American independence forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army of the United Kingdom.
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The Haitian Revolution was a revolutionary movement in the French colonies that preceded the independence movements of Latin America 6 that culminated in the abolition of slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue and the proclamation of the First Empire of Haiti. Napoleon Bonaparte, as a consequence of the loss of Haiti, proceeded to sell Louisiana to the United States of America. -
The coup of 18 Brumaire was a bloodless coup d'état that overthrew the French Directory and replaced it with the French Consulate. This coup is distinguished for having brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power and for ending the French Revolution.