French Revolutionary Wars

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The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 to 1802 in which Revolutionary France fought various European monarchies, reshaping the political landscape of Europe and paving the way for the Napoleonic era.


Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf European war
series of conflicts
war
alsoKnownAs Wars of the French Revolution
belligerent First Coalition
Revolutionary France
Second Coalition
cause French Revolution
opposition to revolutionary republicanism
commandedBy Duke of Brunswick
Horatio Nelson
Lazare Carnot
Napoleon Bonaparte
countryInvolved Dutch Republic
French First Republic
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Portugal
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Spain
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
endDate 1802
followedBy Napoleonic Wars
hasPart War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
ideologicalContext counter-revolution
monarchism
republicanism
location Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Middle East
partOf Age of Revolution
politicalEffect reshaping of the political map of Europe
rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
precededBy French Revolution
result French territorial expansion
spread of revolutionary ideas in Europe
weakening of several European monarchies
significantEvent Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Battle of Hohenlinden
Battle of Jemappes
Battle of Marengo
Battle of Rivoli
Battle of Valmy
Battle of the Nile
French invasion of Egypt
Italian campaign of 1796–1797
Siege of Toulon
startDate 1792
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
treaty Treaty of Amiens
Treaty of Basel (1795)
Treaty of Campo Formio
Treaty of Lunéville
Treaty of The Hague (1795)

Referenced by (142)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
15th Hussars
1st Baron Barham
Armies of the French Revolution and Empire
Army of the Rhine
Battle of Camperdown
Battle of Cape St Vincent
Battle of Rivoli
Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799)
Battle of the Pyramids
First Coalition
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers ("French Revolutionary Wars at sea")
French Republican Army of the Alps
French Revolution
French campaign in Syria
French flagship L’Orient
Guillaume Tell
HMS Goliath
HMS Minotaur
HMS Vanguard
Horatio Nelson
Imperial Army
Juan de Lángara
L’Orient
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Second Coalition
Sidney Smith
Spartiate
Thomas Foley
Treaty of Basel (1795)
siege of Grave (1794)
conflict
Batavian army
Battle of Abukir (1799)
Battle of Camperdown
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Battle of Hohenlinden
Battle of Marengo
Battle of Valmy
Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799)
Battle of the Nile
Battle of the Nile
First Coalition ("Wars of the French Revolution")
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
Preliminaries of Leoben
Quasi-War
Siege of Toulon
Treaty of Lunéville
War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
partOf
1st Infantry Regiment
Charles Leclerc
Francisco de Miranda
Georges Washington de Lafayette
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Goliath
Jacques François Dugommier
Jacques-François Menou
Jean François Carteaux
Kingdom of Great Britain
Lazare Carnot
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Louis Desaix
Louis-Philippe I of the French
Ludwig von Cobenzl
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy
participatedIn
Battle of Hohenlinden ("French Revolutionary era")
Battle of the Pyramids ("French Revolutionary era")
First Coalition ("French Revolutionary era")
Napoleon Bonaparte ("French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era")
War of the Second Coalition ("French Revolutionary era")
era
Batavian army ("French Revolutionary era")
Directory
French campaign in Syria
HMS Vanguard ("French Revolutionary era")
Treaty of Basel (1795) ("French Revolutionary era")
historicalPeriod
André Masséna
Edward Berry
Herman Willem Daendels
Joachim Murat
Sir Charles Middleton
participantIn
Electorate of Bavaria
French Revolutionary Wars ("Italian campaign of 1796–1797")
Georgian era
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Military history of the United Kingdom
significantEvent
French Revolutionary Wars ("War of the First Coalition")
French Revolutionary Wars ("War of the Second Coalition")
Napoleonic era ("French Revolutionary Wars (late phase)")
hasPart
Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799) ("French Revolutionary naval campaigns")
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Napoleonic Wars
relatedTo
Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands
Battle of Jemappes
conflictIn
Treaty of San Ildefonso (1796)
Treaty of The Hague (1795)
context
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz
notableEvent
First Coalition ("Revolutionary France")
Second Coalition ("Revolutionary France")
opposed
Coalition Wars
Napoleonic Wars
precededBy
Duchy of Milan
abolishedBy
French Revolutionary Wars ("Wars of the French Revolution")
alsoKnownAs
George III of the United Kingdom
associatedEvent
Campo Formio
associatedWithConflict
President of the Council of Five Hundred
associatedWithEvent
French Revolutionary Wars ("Revolutionary France")
belligerent
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
cause
Arc de Triomphe
commemoratesEvent
6th Regiment of Foot
conflictParticipatedIn
Treaty of Amiens
endedConflict
French Army
engagedIn
National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
establishedInPeriod
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
event
Napoleonic era ("French Revolutionary period")
followed
French Revolution
followedBy
French Royalists
geopoliticalContext
German mediatization
hasCause
Brienne-le-Château military school
historicalAssociation
France and Austria
historicalConflict
Second Coalition ("French Revolutionary era")
historicalEra
HMS Victory
laterServiceConflict
Lord Barham
militaryConflict
Jean Moreau
movement
Convention of 1800
negotiatedDuring
British Channel Fleet
notableConflict
Commission des Sciences et des Arts
operatedInTheFrameworkOf
War of the Second Coalition ("Revolutionary France")
opposedBy
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin ("French Revolutionary War")
originalContext
Batavian Republic
partOfConflict
Treaty of Campo Formio
relatedToWar
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
servedIn
HMS Orion
servedInConflict
HMS Vanguard ("French Revolutionary Wars Mediterranean operations")
service
Marie-Louise Élisabeth Labouret
spouseNotableFor
Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin
subject
Girondins
supported
Electoral Palatinate
territoryLostIn
French campaign in Syria ("Middle Eastern theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars")
theatre
Treaty of Amiens ("French Revolutionary era")
tookPlaceDuring
Océan
usedInConflict
Left Bank of the Rhine
wasOccupiedDuringConflict

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