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Russia gains possession of the Crimea. 1784 Peace between Great Britain and Holland, May 24. 1785 Treaty of alliance between Austria, France, and Holland, November 9. 1786 Frederick William II. King of Prussia. -- Commercial treaty between England and France, September 26. 1787 The Assembly of the Notables convened at Paris, February 22. - Mr. Hastings impeached for misdemeanors in the government of India, May 21.

The Province of Nova Scotia in America made a bishop's see by letters patent. 1788 Prince Charles Edward died at Rome, January 31. - The Parliament of Paris remonstrates against the use of lettres-de-cachet, March 16.

Defensive alliance between England and Holland, April 25. The Regency-bill debated by the House of Commons, December 10, in consequence of the alarming illness of His Majesty. Charles IV. King of Spain. 1789 The abolition of the Slave-trade proposed in Parliament. - -- - - ‡ Selim III. Emperor of the Turks, April.

The Assembly of the States-General opened at Paris, May 5.-Beginning of the French Revolution.

They form themselves into the National Assembly, June 16 The Bastile taken, and the Governor massacred, July 14. The Princes of the Blood and chief Noblesse, leave France, July. The King of France brought to Paris, accepts the Declaration of the Rights of Man, October 6.

Decree for dividing France into eighty-three Departments, October 30. 1790 Monastic establishments suppressed in France, February 13. Titles of Nobility suppressed in France, February 24. War commenced in India with Tippoo Sultan, May 1.

General Confederation at Paris in the Champ de Mars, July 14. A. D. 1790 LEOPOLD II. Emperor of Germany. 1791 The King of France and his family, escape from Paris, but are intercepted at Varennes, June 22.

Riots at Birmingham, July 14.

The King of France accepts the Constitution, September 14. 1792 FRANCIS II. Emperor of Germany. 1793 - - - Gustavus III. King of Sweden assassinated by Ankerstroom, March 29. Gustavus IV. King of Sweden-Duke of Sudermania Regent in his minority. An armed mob forces the Tuileries, and insults the King of France, June 20. The Duke of Brunswick, with the combined armies of Austria and Prussia, arrives at Coblentz, July 3.

The National Assembly decrees the country in danger, July 11. Petion and the community of Paris demand the King's disposition, August 3. The Tuileries again attacked. - The King and Queen of France take refuge in the National Assembly. - The Swiss guards massacred by the populace, August 10.