January 30, 1789★★★★★
Battle of Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa
Emperor Quang Trung routs the Qing army during the Lunar New Year and liberates Thăng Long.
War· Vietnam, China
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Events this year
April 30, 1789★★★★★
George Washington inaugurated as first US President
George Washington is sworn in as the first President of the United States in New York City.
Politics· United States
July 14, 1789★★★★★
Storming of the Bastille
Parisians storm the Bastille fortress-prison, an iconic moment of the French Revolution.
Revolution· France
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
Ongoing
c. 15th century – c. 1860s★★★★★
The transatlantic slave trade
From the 16th to the 19th century, an estimated 12.5 million enslaved Africans were shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas, with profound consequences for both continents.
Economy· Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Angola, Brazil, United States, Portugal, United Kingdom
1639 – 1853★★★★★
Japan's sakoku isolation policy
The shogunate expels the Portuguese and severely restricts foreign contact, allowing only Dutch and Chinese trade at Nagasaki.
PoliticsEconomy· Japan
1772 – 1795★★★★★
Partitions of Poland
Russia, Prussia and Austria carve up the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in three partitions, erasing it from the map of Europe by 1795.
PoliticsTreaty· Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Germany, Austria