| 1775–1783 | 1793–1794 |
| – American Revolution | – Robespierre’s Reign of Terror |
| 1786–1789 | 1794 |
| – Height of French monarchy’s financial crisis | – Robespierre deposed and executed; France abolishes slavery in all territories |
| 1789 | 1794–1799 |
| – Ratification of U.S. Constitution; storming of the Bastille; feudalism abolished in France | – Thermidorian reaction |
| 1789–1799 | 1799–1815 |
| – French Revolution | – Napoleonic era |
| 1790 | 1804 |
| – Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France | – Haitian republic declares independence |
| 1791 | 1812 |
| – Slave insurrection in Saint-Domingue | – Napoleon invades Russia |
| 1792 | 1814–1815 |
| – Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman | – Napoleon defeated and exiled |
| 1793 | |
| – Execution of Louis XVI | |