French Revolutionary Wars: Difference between revisions
imported>Idarak No edit summary |
imported>ZéACNS No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{WP-REAL}} | {{WP-REAL}} | ||
{{Stub}} | {{Stub}} | ||
{{Battle Infobox | |||
|width = | |||
|name = French Revolutionary Wars | |||
|start = 20 April 1792 | |||
|end = 25 March 1802 | |||
|place = Europe, Egypt, Middle East, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian Ocean | |||
|result = *Fall of the French monarchy and establishment of the First French Republic | |||
*France annexes Piedmont and all the lands west of the Rhine | |||
*Establishment of the pro-French Batavian, Helvetian, Italian, and Ligurian Republics | |||
*Establishment of the Kingdom of Etruria in Italy | |||
*Austria acquires Venetia and Dalmatia | |||
*Spain cedes Trinidad to Britain | |||
*Spain retrocedes Louisiana to France | |||
*Netherlands cedes Ceylon to Britain | |||
*Other territorial changes | |||
|side1 = | |||
**[[France]] | |||
|side2 = | |||
**[[Holly Roman Empire]] | |||
**[[Austria]] | |||
**[[United Kingdom]] | |||
**[[Spain]] | |||
**[[Portugal]] | |||
**[[Russia]] | |||
**[[Ottoman Empire]] | |||
|commanders1 = *[[Louis XVI of France]]† | |||
*[[Jacques Pierre Brissot]] (1792–1793) | |||
*[[Maximilien Robespierre]] (1793–1794) | |||
*[[Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras|Paul Barras]] (1795–1799) | |||
*[[Napoleon Bonaparte]] (from 1799) | |||
|commanders2 = *{{Wiki|Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor}} | |||
*{{Wiki|William Pitt the Younger}} | |||
*{{Wiki|Charles IV of Spain}} | |||
*{{Wiki|Paul I of Russia}} | |||
*{{Wiki|Selim III}}}} | |||
The '''French Revolutionary Wars''' (1792 - 1802) were a series of military conflicts fought between the {{Wiki|French First Republic}} and a number of European monarchies. | The '''French Revolutionary Wars''' (1792 - 1802) were a series of military conflicts fought between the {{Wiki|French First Republic}} and a number of European monarchies. | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 23 December 2015
The French Revolutionary Wars (1792 - 1802) were a series of military conflicts fought between the French First Republic and a number of European monarchies.
A combination of outrage at revolution against France's 'rightful monarchy', as well as a fear that revolutionary fever might spread throughout Europe, led to the Declaration of Pillnitz - support from the monarchs of Europe in the well-being of King Louis XVI of France and his family. This was seen as a serious threat by France's revolutionary leaders, who, in 1792, eventually voted in favor of war against the Kingdom of Austria.
Early in the conflict, an Austrian spy ring led by the Comte and Vicomte de Gambais operated within Paris, looking to obtain plans on the city's defenses. The spy ring was eradicated in early September of that year by the combined efforts of Georges Danton and Arno Dorian, a member of the French Assassins.
The latter years of the of the conflict saw an up-and-coming Napoleon Bonaparte rise to the elected position of Consulate, which quickly gave way to dictatorship, and ultimately saw him become "Emperor of the French" during the Napoleonic Wars.
Reference