The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of conflicts between revolutionary France and a shifting group of European monarchies, beginning when France declared war on Austria in April 1792. The monarchies feared the spread of revolution, while many French leaders believed war would defend and spread it. After early setbacks, the French citizen army won the battle of Valmy and conquered the Austrian Netherlands, leading to the First Coalition against France. The young general Napoleon Bonaparte rose to fame in the Italian campaigns and in Egypt, and later took power in France. The wars were paused by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, and gave way to the Napoleonic Wars.
Before and after
- 29 February 1792Birth of Gioachino Rossini
- 7 March 1792Birth of John Frederick William Herschel
- from 20 April 1792 to 20 November 1815Coalition Wars
- from 20 April 1792 to 18 October 1797War of the First Coalition
- from 20 April 1792 to 25 March 1802French Revolutionary Wars
- 12 May 1792Founding of New York Stock Exchange
- 13 May 1792Birth of Pius IX
- from 18 May 1792 to 27 July 1792Polish–Russian War of 1792
- 4 August 1792Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley
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