A.P. Euro 1700-1850 By facebooker_100000452791826 Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 1, 1790 Expansion of rural industry in Europe Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 1, 2013 War of the Spanish Succession Jan 1, 1702 Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg Jan 1, 1707 Newcomen develops the steam engine Jan 1, 1717 Attendance at elementary schools mandatory in Prussia Period: Jan 1, 1720 to Jan 1, 1780 Government run foundling homes established Period: Jan 1, 1721 to Jan 1, 1722 Last appearance of the bubonic plague in western Europe Jan 1, 1730 Townsend introduces four-year crop rotation Jan 1, 1733 Kay invents the flying shuttle Period: Jan 1, 1740 to Jan 1, 1748 War of the Austrian Succession Period: Jan 1, 1740 to Jan 1, 1780 War of the Austrian Succession Jan 1, 1748 Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of Laws Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1850 Illegitimacy explosion Period: Jan 1, 1751 to Jan 1, 1765 Diderot & d'Alembert publish the Encyclopedia Jan 1, 1753 Harwicke Act abolishes secret marriages Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Mar 7, 1763 Seven Years' War Jan 1, 1757 Coudray publishes the Manual on the Art of Childbirth Jan 1, 1762 Rousseau publishes The Social Contract and Emile Jan 1, 1763 Louis XV orders Jesuits out of France Jan 1, 1765 Hargreaves invented the cotton-Spinning Jenny Jan 1, 1768 Arkwright invents the water frame Period: Jan 1, 1768 to Jan 1, 1771 Encyclopedia Britannica is published Jan 1, 1769 Watt patents the steam engine Jan 1, 1775 Paine publishes Common Sense Jan 1, 1776 Smith publishes Wealth of Nations Jan 1, 1779 Crompton combines Spinning Jenny w/water frame Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 1851 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1785 Cartwright invents the power loom Jan 1, 1787 Calonne proposed a revamping of the economic system of France Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799 Frebch Revolution May 5, 1789 Estates General convened at Versailles Jun 17, 1789 National Assembly is formed Jun 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath Period: Jul 1, 1789 to Aug 1, 1789 Great Fear Jul 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille Aug 4, 1789 Equality in taxation in France Aug 27, 1789 National Assembly issues Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens Period: Oct 5, 1789 to Oct 6, 1789 Women march on Versailles Nov 1, 1789 National Assembly confiscated church lands and property Jul 12, 1790 Constitutional monarchy & a national church Period: Jan 1, 1791 to Jan 1, 1792 Legislative Assembly convenes Period: Jun 20, 1791 to Jun 25, 1791 Royal family attempts to flee France Aug 27, 1791 Declaration of Pillnitz Oct 1, 1791 New Constitution for France Jan 1, 1792 Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Women Period: Jan 1, 1792 to Jan 1, 1815 The gap in technology was widened Apr 20, 1792 France declares war on Austria Aug 10, 1792 Parisian mob storms the Tuileries & takes Louis XVI prisoner Period: Sep 2, 1792 to Sep 7, 1792 September Massacres Sep 21, 1792 France is declared a republic Jan 1, 1793 Whitney invents the cotton gin Period: Jan 1, 1793 to Jan 1, 1794 Reign of Terror Period: Jan 1, 1793 to Jan 1, 1794 Economic controls are created to help the poor in France Jan 21, 1793 Louis XVI sentenced to death Feb 1, 1793 France declares war on Britain, Holland, and Spain Mar 1, 1793 Sruggle between Girondists and the Mountain Period: Apr 1, 1793 to Jun 1, 1793 Committee of Public Safety Sep 1, 1793 Price controls instituted in France Period: Jan 1, 1794 to Jan 1, 1799 Thermidorian reaction Jul 28, 1794 Death of Robespierre Jan 1, 1795 The Directory writes a New Constitution Period: Jan 1, 1795 to Jan 1, 1799 Directory rules France inefficiently and ineffectively Jan 1, 1796 Jenner performs first smallpox vaccination Jan 1, 1797 Napoleon defeated Austrian armies Jan 1, 1798 Thomas Malthus writes the Essay on the Principle of Population Jan 1, 1798 Second Coalition is formed Jan 1, 1799 Combination Acts Period: Jan 1, 1799 to Jan 1, 1815 Napoleonic era Nov 9, 1799 Napoleon overthrows the Directory Dec 1, 1799 Voters approve Napoleon's constitution Jan 1, 1800 Bank of France is founded Jan 1, 1801 Treaty of Luneville Jun 15, 1801 Concordat with Pope Pius VI Jan 1, 1802 Treaty of Amiens Dec 1, 1804 Napoleon crowns himself Emperor Oct 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Dec 1, 1805 Battle of Austerlitz Jan 1, 1807 British slave trade abolished Jan 1, 1807 Treaties of Tilsit Jan 1, 1807 Fulton drives the steamboat Clermont Jan 1, 1810 Strike of Manchester cotton spinners Jan 1, 1810 Stael publishes On Germany Jun 1, 1812 Napoleon invades Russia Mar 1, 1814 Russia, Prussia, Austria, & Britain form the Quadruple Alliance Apr 11, 1814 Napoleon abdicates & is exiled to Elba Period: May 1, 1814 to Jun 1, 1814 Bourbon monarchy is restored Period: Sep 1, 1814 to Jun 1, 1815 Congress of Vienna meets Period: Feb 1, 1815 to Jun 1, 1815 Napoleon escapes Elba Sep 1, 1815 The Holy Alliance is formed Nov 1, 1815 Second Peace of Paris Jan 1, 1819 Carlsbad Decrees Jan 1, 1819 “Battle of Peterloo” Jan 1, 1820 Congress of Troppau Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Jan 1, 1824 Revolution in Spain and the kingdom of Two Sicilie Jan 1, 1821 Austria crushes a liberal revolution in Naples Jan 1, 1823 French armies restore the Spanish regime Jan 1, 1824 Combination Acts repealed Jan 1, 1824 Delacroix paints the Massacre at Chios Jan 1, 1824 Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII in France Jan 1, 1825 The first railroad in Great Britain Jan 1, 1830 Stephenson's Rocket is the first important railroad Jan 1, 1830 Greece gains independence from the Ottoman empire Jan 1, 1830 A revolution begins in France Jan 1, 1830 Charles X repudiates the Constitutional Charter Period: Jan 1, 1830 to Jan 1, 1842 Comte publishes the System of Positive Philosophy Jan 1, 1831 Hugo publishes the Hunchback of Notre Dame Jan 1, 1832 The Great Reform Bill Jan 1, 1833 The Factory Act Jan 1, 1837 Telegraph is developed & Chartist movement is born Jan 1, 1842 The Mines Act Period: Jan 1, 1845 to Jan 1, 1851 Great Potato Famine in Ireland Jan 1, 1847 Ten Hours Act Jan 1, 1848 Revolutions break out in Italy, France, Hungary, Austria, Russia, and Prussia Jan 1, 1849 Frankfort assembly selects Frederick Wilhelm as emperor Jan 1, 1849 Navigation Acts are repealed Jan 1, 1852 Louis Napoleon becomes Emperor Napoleon III