 | The Enlightenment (Age of Reason) |
| Mannheim School |
| French-Indian Wars in America |
| 7 Years' War (1756-1763) |
| 1760 - Industrial Revolution begins |
| 1769 - Watt's steam engine patented |
| 1771 - first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica |
| American Revolution (1775-1783) |
| 1775 - electric battery invented by Volta |
| 1776 - American Declaration of independence |
| 1787 - French Revolution |
| 1787 - Edict of Toleration (France) |
| 1788 - steamboat invented by John Fitch |
| 1789 - George Washington elected first President of the United
States of America |
| 1791 - American Bill of Rights |
| 1796 - first vaccination |
| 1799 - Great Revival in America |
| 1803 - Louisiana Purchase |
| 1804 - Napoleon crowned Emperor |
| War of 1812 |
| 1819 - first steamship crosses the Atlantic |
| 1821 - electric motor and generator invented by Faraday |
