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WAR OF THE FIRST COALITION
1792-1797
The War of the First Coalition was part of the
French Revolutionary Wars.
WHO FOUGHT THE
WAR OF THE FIRST COALITION?
The First Coalition vs. France.
The members of the First Coalition were
Austria, Prussia, Spain, the United Provinces, and Great Britain.
HOW DID IT START?
France declared war on Austria on April 20, 1792 and
Austria teamed with Prussia, Spain, the United
Provinces, and Great Britain to fight back.
The
Battle of Fleurus, which was fought on June 26, 1794, was part of
the wars of the First Coalition.
And so was
Napoleon's
First Italian Campaign.
Northern Italy - April 1796
Northern Italy - April-June 1796
WHO WON?
France won the War of the First Coalition.
In 1795, Prussia gave up and signed the
First
Treaty of Basel. Three months later, Spain followed suit and
signed the Second Treaty of Basel.
Austria managed to hang in there a
little bit longer but eventually also signed a peace treaty with
France, the
Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797. And that was the end of the
War of the First Coalition.
Here is more about the
Coalitions against
France.
And here are the maps
Central
Europe after the Peace of Basel (1795)
and of
Campo Formio (1797)
1648-1795 Prussia
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