
French Revolutionary Wars
1792 CE – 1802 CE · 10 years
Revolutionary France fought all of Europe at once — and won. These wars transformed warfare, toppled ancient monarchies, and set the stage for Napoleon.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- French Republic
- European monarchies
Key moments
Defining events in the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1792 Valmy
- 1794 Fleurus
- 1797 Rivoli
- 1798 Battle of the Nile
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Butrint
800 BCE – 1800 CEPolity · Europe
Denmark-Norway
Attested 1000 CE – 1800 CETrade route · Europe
Dutch East India Route
1602 CE – 1799 CEConflict · Europe
Partitions of Poland
1772 CE – 1795 CELandmark · Europe
Genoa
1000 CE – 1797 CEPolity · Europe
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1569 CE – 1795 CETrade route · Europe
Trans-Atlantic Shipping
1800 CEConflict · Europe
War in the Vendée
1793 CE – 1796 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1792 CE and 1802 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- French Revolutionary WarsRuedi33a · CC BY-SA 4.0
- ButrintGeoff Wong · CC BY 2.0
- Flag of DenmarkMadden and others · Public domain
- Partitions of PolandUser:Mathiasrex Maciej Szczepańczyk, based on layers of User:Halibutt · CC BY-SA 3.0
- GenoaJulian Lupyan · CC0
- Banner of Poland-Lithuania117-M-I-K-E, with assets by Sodacan, Heralder, Odejea, and Thetaspilt. · CC BY-SA 4.0
- War in the VendéePaul-Émile Boutigny · Public domain