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Series of wars 1791-1802 between France and
the combined armies of England, Austria,
Prussia, and others, during the period of the
French Revolution. 1791 Emperor Leopold II
and Frederick William II of Prussia issued
the Declaration of Pillnitz inviting the
European powers to restore the French king
Louis XVI to power. 1792 France declared war
on Austria, who formed a coalition with
Prussia, Sardinia, and (from 1793), Britain,
Spain, and the Netherlands; victories for
France at Valmy and Jemappes. 1793 French
reverses until the reorganization by Lazare
Carnot.
1795 Prussia, the Netherlands, and Spain made
peace. 1796 Sardinia forced to make peace by
the Italian campaign of Napoleon I, then a
commander.
1797 Austria compelled to peace under the
Treaty of Campo-Formio.
1798 Napoleon's fleet, after its capture of
Malta, was defeated by the British admiral
Nelson in Egypt at the Battle of the Nile
(Aboukir Bay), and Napoleon had to return to
France without his army; William Pitt the
Younger, Britain's prime minister, organized
a new coalition with Russia, Austria, Naples,
Portugal, and Turkey. 1798-99 The coalition
mounted its major campaign in Italy (under
the Russian field marshal Suvorov), but
dissension led to the withdrawal of Russia.
1799 Napoleon, on his return from Egypt,
reorganized the French army.
1800 14 June Austrian army defeated by
Napoleon at Marengo i n NW Italy, and again
on 3 Dec (by Gen Moreau) at Hohenlinden near
Munich.
1801 Austria made peace under the Treaty of
Luneville; Sir Ralph Abercromby defeated the
French army by land in Egypt a t the Battle
of Alexandria, but was himself killed. 1802
Peace of Amiens truce between France and
Britain, followed by the Napoleonic Wars.