So far we have positively identified the time of the end as 1798, the king of the south as Egypt, and him (the willful king) as France. Now we are going to look closely at verses 36-39 to see if France really does match every specification of the willful king. As William Miller once said “If one word lacks a fulfillment, then you must look for another event, or wait its future development.” Views of the Prophetic Chronology, Selected from the Manuscripts of William Miller With a Memoir of His Life by Joshua V. Himes, 1841, page 22

So let's see if France really does fulfill this prophecy of the willful king.