1789 The French Revolution
Events
- 1780: Outbreak of the indigenous rebellion against Spanish colonization led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru.
- 1781: The city of Los Angeles is founded by Spanish settlers.1781–1785: Serfdom is abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848).
- 1782: The Thonburi Kingdom of Thailand is dissolved after a palace coup.
- 1783: The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American Revolutionary War.
- 1783: Russian annexation of Crimea.
- 1785–1791: Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, leads a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against Russian settlers and military bases in the Caucasus, as well as against local traditionalists, who followed the traditional customs and common law (Adat) rather than the theocratic Sharia.[24]
- 1785–1795: The Northwest Indian War is fought between the United States and Native Americans.
- 1785–1787: The Maratha–Mysore Wars concludes with an exchange of territories in the Deccan.
- 1786–1787: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premieres The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni.
- 1787: The Tuareg occupy Timbuktu until the 19th century.
- 1787–1792: Russo-Turkish War.
- 1788: First Fleet arrives in Australia
- 1788–1790: Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).
- 1788: Dutch Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899) would become the first generally accepted validated case of a supercentenarian on record.
- 1788–1789: A Qing attempt to reinstall an exiled Vietnamese king in northern Vietnam ends in disaster.
- 1789: George Washington is elected the first President of the United States; he serves until 1797.
- 1789: Quang Trung defeats the Qing army.
- 1789–1799: French Revolution.
- 1789: The Liège Revolution.
- 1789: The Brabant Revolution.
- 1789: The Inconfidência Mineira, an unsuccessful separatist movement in central Brazil led by Tiradentes
Musical Works
- 1786: The Marriage of Figaro, opera by Mozart
- 1787: Don Giovanni, opera by Mozart
- 1788: Jupiter Symphony (Symphony No. 41) composed by Mozart
Literary and philosophical achievements
- 1781: Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (publication of first edition)
- 1781: The Robbers by Friedrich Schiller first published
- 1782: Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
- 1786: Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns
- 1787–1788: The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
- 1788: Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant
- 1789: Songs of Innocence by William Blake
- 1789: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
