Dates

• 1715 — The Enlightenment
• 1730–1760 — The Great Awakening
• 1756–1763 — The Seven Years’ War / French and Indian War
• May 1789 — Estates General Meets / French Revolution Begins
• July 14, 1789 — Storming of Bastille
• 1812 — Invasion of Russia
• June 1815 — Battle of Waterloo