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Events relating to the french revolutionary wars
Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from Paris to the border but are captured at Varennes
France declares war on the Austrian emperor, an event that plunges Europe into more than 20 years of conflict
After their success at Valmy, French republican armies overrun much of the Austrian Netherlands
The National Convention abolishes royalty in France and establishes the first republic
Napoleon's soldiers capture Toulon and his artillery fire forces the Anglo-Spanish fleet to withdraw from the harbour
Louis XVI is guillotined after a majority of just one in the national Convention has voted for death without delay
Britain joins other European nations in war against France, mainly in naval engagements in the West Indies and Atlantic
France becomes the first nation to attempt national conscription, calling up bachelors between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five
The 26-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte comes to public attention for his part in saving the Convention in Paris from an assault by rebels
With the Dutch entering the war on the side of the French, Britain seizes their valuable Cape colony in South Africa
Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France
By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule
Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul
The treaty agreed at Amiens between France and Britain brings a welcome lull after ten years of warfare in Europe