notes-history-summary-histChEuropeMidModern

This collection of notes is part of [1].

~1650 thru ~1830

(note; 1815 is more often used as the early modern/late modern transition [2])

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment ~1650-1789 (1789 is the beginning of the French Revolution)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France ruled 1643-1715

1667: pervasive public streetlamps in Paris, the 'City of Light' [3] [4] [5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism#Age_of_Imperialism "a time period beginning around 1700...through to the middle of the 20th century, for example, the "The Great Game" in Persian lands, the "Scramble for Africa" and the "Open Door Policy" in China.[42]"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#.22First.22_British_Empire_.281583.E2.80.931783.29 1583-1783 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Rise_of_the_.22Second.22_British_Empire_.281783.E2.80.931815.29 1783–1815

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Revolution ~1775 to ~1848 "American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Greek Revolution, the revolt of the slaves in Latin America, and the independence movements of nations in Latin America."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism: ~1664-18(34? 46?)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution: "1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism#The_period ~1780-~1830 (and similarly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Enlightenment ~1790-early 1800s )

end of merantilism, beginning of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism :

beginning of the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Britain.27s_imperial_century_.281815.E2.80.931914.29 Britain's imperial century (1815–1914)