War
See also: French Revolutionary Wars- The First Coalition – the opponents of France 1793 – 1797: Austria, England, Prussia, Sardinia, The Netherlands, and Spain.
- The Second Coalition – the opponents of France 1798 – 1800: Austria, England, Russia, and Turkey.
- The Vendée – Province where peasants revolted against the Revolutionary government in 1793. Fighting continued until 1796.
Read more about this topic: Glossary Of The French Revolution
Famous quotes containing the word war:
“I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make use and get advantage of her as I can, as is usual in such cases.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.”
—Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)
“The inconveniences and horrors of the pox are perfectly well known to every one; but still the disease flourishes and spreads. Several million people were killed in a recent war and half the world ruined; but we all busily go on in courses that make another event of the same sort inevitable. Experientia docet? Experientia doesn’t.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)