| Date | Region | Event |
| 1756–1763 | Americas & Europe | French and Indian War & Seven Years' War |
| 1776 | Americas | American Revolution |
| 1789 |
Europe | French Revolution |
| 1804 | Americas | Haitian independence |
| 1820 |
Americas | Independence in Latin America |
| 1839 |
East Asia | First Opium War in China |
| 1848 | Europe | European Revolutions |
| 1853 |
East Asia | Commodore Perry opens Japan |
| 1857 | South Asia | Sepoy Mutiny |
| 1863 |
Americas | Emancipation Proclamation |
| 1871 |
Europe | German unification |
| 1898 | Americas | Spanish-American War |
| 1899–1902 | Africa | Boer War |