| 171 | Reign of Louis XV in France |
| 174 | Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture |
| 175 | Seven Years’ War |
| 1763 | Treaty of Paris |
| 177 | Reign of Louis XVI in France |
| 1775 | Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense |
| 177 | American Revolution |
| 178 | French Revolution |
| 1790 | Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France |
| 179 | Haitian Revolution |
| 179 | Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte in France |