The world: 1790s

1790–1799

Events in this period 3

1. 1791 – 1804 · North America · Politics

   Haitian Revolution

   The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolution was one of the only known slave rebellions in human history that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery and ruled by former captives.

2. 1792 – 1802 · Europe · War

   French Revolutionary Wars

   The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and several other countries. The wars are divided into two periods: the War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802). Initially confined to Europe, the fighting gradually assumed a global dimension. After a decade of constant warfare and aggressive diplomacy, France had conquered territories in the Italian peninsula, the Low Countries, and the Rhineland with its very large and powerful military which had been totally mobilized for war against most of Europe with mass conscription of the vast French population. French success in these conflicts ensured military occupation and the spread of revolutionary principles over much of Europe.

3. 1798 – 1801 · Africa · War

   French invasion of Egypt and Syria

   The French invasion of Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) was a military expedition to Ottoman-held Egypt and Syria led by Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The campaign aimed to undermine British trade routes, expand French influence, and establish a scientific and administrative presence in Egypt. Napoleon also sought to sever Britain's connection to its colonial holdings in India, with the long-term ambition of challenging British dominance in the region.

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Still under way

• French Revolution1789 – 1799

Around the same time

• Watt steam engine1776
• US Declaration of Independence1776
• Napoleonic Wars1803 – 1815
• Spanish American wars of independence1808 – 1833
• American Revolution1763 – 1783
• Cook reaches Australia's east coast1770
• Constitution of the United States1787
• First Fleet1788
• War of 18121812 – 1815
• Battle of Waterloo1815
• Third Anglo-Maratha War1817 – 1819
• Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II1780 – 1783

Other maps for this period

• War mapsAnglo-Maratha Wars
• Inventions mapSmallpox vaccine
• Epidemics map1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
• Inventions mapCotton gin