The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic
The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic
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The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic
The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic
Financier James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt that had been accrued during the American Revolution.
Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it…
Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
More than a year after the Battle of Sprimont, the Austrian Netherlands (present-day Belgium) are officially annexed…
Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and…
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and…
Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition
Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano
French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state reli
French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state reli
Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition
The battle of the Glorious First of June is fought, the first naval engagement between Britain and France during the Fre
Haitian Revolution: Battle of Port-Républicain: British troops capture the capital of Saint-Domingue
Maximilien Robespierre inaugurates the French Revolution's new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, with large
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marks the first successful military use of aircraft and turns the tide of t