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August 26, 1789★★★★★

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

France's National Constituent Assembly adopts a declaration of liberty, equality and national sovereignty, a founding document of the French Revolution.

RevolutionPolitics· France
August 22, 1791 – January 1, 1804★★★★★

Haitian Revolution begins

Enslaved people in the French colony of Saint-Domingue rise up, beginning the only successful slave revolution in history.

RevolutionWar· Haiti, France
1793 – 1794★★★★★

Reign of Terror

The revolutionary government dominated by the Committee of Public Safety carries out mass repression, with tens of thousands executed; it ends with the fall of Robespierre.

RevolutionPolitics· France
January 21, 1793★★★★★

Execution of Louis XVI

Condemned by the National Convention, the former king Louis XVI is guillotined at the Place de la Révolution in Paris.

RevolutionDeathPolitics· France
September 3, 1783★★★★★

Treaty of Paris (1783) recognizes US independence

Britain signs a treaty with the United States in Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War and recognizing American independence.

Treaty· United States, United Kingdom
May 14, 1796★★★★★

Jenner's smallpox vaccination

Edward Jenner inoculates the boy James Phipps with cowpox material, pioneering vaccination against smallpox.

ScienceDisease· United Kingdom