French revolution took place in 1789. We already have a detailed account on this. But can anyone elaborate what was happening during 1789 outside France? Is there any important event that we should know of? P.s. Also If you could recommend me some books on events happening around French revolution.
It might be of help to be a bit clearer in what time-frame you're asking about: Specifically the year 1789 in Europe/other places and repercussions of the French Revolution; or larger processes happening around that time-frame?
For the second part, I've written here about the convergence of revolutionary movements in differents parts of the world, around 1750-1860.
For one aspect of the first part, here's part of an earlier answer of mine on international influences (incl. the French & Haitian Revolution) on the Spanish American revolutionary wars of the early 19th century.
Both of them include sources for further reading at the end.
As a small overview of some trends happening globally around the turn of the 19th century I'm adding the conclusion from my first answer mentioned above. Intended as a starting point for further discussion and clarification:
Various reasons have been raised to understand a "confluence of revolutions" in this time-frame [ca. 1750-1860]: Including economical, military, and cultural ones. The spread of revolutionary ideals from the European revolutions and the (North) American revolution to other parts of the world has traditionally been seen as a starting point. It's important to stress here that this period coincides with an increase in European over-seas colonisation together with the beginning of an early industrialism (or "industrious revolutions"), influencing such parallel developments -- although 'Western' domination is usually said to have been further consolidated rather during the 2nd half of the 19th century. While the order of the ancien regimes in Europe was slowly starting to be undermined by revolutionary ideals, we can also see the beginning of a transformation from fluid patriotic sentiments to nation-states. The upcoming middle-classes played a stronger role in raising an ideological fundament for universalistic ideas and ideals. Bayly also underlines how European revolutionary ideals were on the one hand brought into regional contexts with their own conflicts; and on the other hand adapted by indigenous intellectuals and revolutionaries.
Armitage & Subrahmanyam add some important relativisations to these tendencies: On the one hand not all revolutions were by all means similiar in aspirations or outcomes. On the other hand in many regions revolutionary change was strongly resisted or led to a "hardening" of contrary tendencies.