In relative terms (violent deaths per capita due to war) it went down compared to any period before the end of WW2. French revolution, Napoleonic wars, America

In relative terms (violent deaths per capita due to war) it went down compared to any period before the end of WW2. French revolution, Napoleonic wars, American Civil War, wars of independence in Latin America, etc. comprise some 100 years. In the last 80 years we had markedly less deadly wars across the whole world...