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What happened in 1797?
9 events across 4 world regions, each with its sources.
Europe
- French Revolution
From 1789 to 1799, France experienced a profound political and social transformation, beginning with the Estates General and ending with Napoleon Bonaparte's Coup of 18 Brumaire. The revolution ended the Ancien Régime, and its liberal democratic ideas had a lasting impact.
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- Industrial Revolution
A transition in manufacturing processes that began in Great Britain around the 1760s and spread to continental Europe and the United States by about 1840. It was marked by the replacement of human and animal power with machinery and of handicraft with factory production, signaling a historic shift from agrarian to industrial society.
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- French Revolutionary Wars
From 1792 to 1802, revolutionary France fought successive coalitions of European powers in two phases, the First and Second Coalitions. The wars ended in French victory: France annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine and Piedmont, controlled the Netherlands, Switzerland, and northern Italian states, and Napoleon became First Consul.
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- Caucasian War
The Caucasian War was a 19th-century conflict of conquest by the Russian Empire against various peoples of the North Caucasus, lasting from 1817 to 1864. Imam Shamil led fierce resistance, repeatedly repelling Russian attacks, until the fall of Gunib and his capture in 1859. The war ended with the final subjugation of the Circassians and the annexation of the region in 1864.
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- Outbreak of the War of the First Coalition
In 1792, France declared war on Austria, initiating the War of the First Coalition. The conflict, lasting until 1797, pitted France against a loosely allied coalition of European monarchies including Austria, Prussia, and Great Britain. Despite the coalition's lack of coordination and divergent aims, France emerged victorious, annexing the left bank of the Rhine and gaining control over the Netherlands and northern Italian states.
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- Outbreak of the Russo-Circassian War
In 1763, the Russian Empire invaded Circassia and occupied Mozdok, prompting the Circassian people to organize a resistance movement to preserve their independence, marking the beginning of the Russo-Circassian War. This conflict became the longest war in the history of the Caucasus and of Russia, ending in 1864 with the defeat of Circassian forces.
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Central & South America
- Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue from 1791 to 1804, overthrowing French colonial rule and establishing the first independent republic ruled by Black people.
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North Africa
- Treaty of Tripoli Signed
The Treaty of Tripoli was signed in 1796 as the first agreement between the United States and the Regency of Tripoli to secure American commercial shipping in the Mediterranean and protect vessels from Barbary pirates. It is remembered for its position on the separation of church and state, and was ratified by the U.S. Senate and signed by President John Adams in 1797.
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Oceania
- Founding of Miagao Church
Santo Tomás de Villanueva Parish Church, commonly known as Miagao Church, was founded in the late 18th century in Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines. A Roman Catholic church under the Archdiocese of Jaro, it was later inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with three other Baroque churches in the Philippines.
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Around 1797
These are known only to the century, not to the year. They are listed separately so a rough date is never mistaken for an exact one.
- Founding of Kew Gardens
- Establishment of the British Convict System in Australia
- Completion of the Jantar Mantar observatory complex
- Emergence of the Enlightenment
- Creation of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
- Construction of Hwaseong Fortress Begins
- Construction of the Palace of Mafra begins
- Founding of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew