1789. Bastille taken, July 14th.
1791. Paine's Rights of Man, Part L, published, March 13th; Louis XVI. accepts the new constitution, September 14th.
1792. France a republic, September 21st.
1793. Slavery abolished in French colonies, February 4th.
1795. Insurrection in Paris crushed by Bonaparte, October 5th; free public schools founded throughout France.
1796. Bonaparte commander of army of Italy, March 4th.
1797. French Directory makes itself absolute, September 4th; Venice ceded by France to Austria.
1798. Irish rebellion, May 23d.
1799. Usurpation by Bonaparte, November 10th.
1800. Election of Jefferson; Schelling's Transcendental Idealism published.