French Republican Wars (Chaos)

After the 1764-67, many people in Europe were discussing the possibilities of republican / democratic experiments, until then only existing in smaller states. Traditional moarchists felt threatened by this development.
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1768: After the death of the more cool-headed kings and IV of Britain and , who were self-assured enough not to be impressed by the king-less situation of France, diplomatic tensions to France rapidly worsen. The first French Republican War begins. , the , even under hesitating and many German states join the coalition; only stays neutral.
1768, September: . German armies defeat French.
1769: France orders the "levee en masse", creating the republican armies.
The pope flees from , first down the Rhone river to Corse, but later moves his seat to , Spain, since Italy still doesn't want to enter the war. In Spain, he outspeaks decidedly against republicanism, further encouraging the "monarchist crusade" feeling among the reigning classes in Europe. There are some hopes among conservatives that this may bring the national churches closer together and give the pope more power.
1769, April: British troops land in Aquitaine, to unite with the Spaniards.
1769, May: - "the blackest day for the house of Savoy": Crown prince Filiberto is captured by the French, his brother Filippo and their cousin (also named Filippo) die in battle.
1769, August: . French kick out German troops from French soil. However, the Swiss Confederation now enters the war against France.
1770, March: . French defeat Dutch, who complain that the Brits didn't support them.
1770, July: British-Spanish army defeated before Limoges. Spain retreats from France, fights defensively.
1770, September: . German-Swiss-Hungarian troops defeated by French.
1771, February: Spaniards fight off French attack against the Pyrenees.
1771, July: . French occupy SW Germany between Mosel and Rhine rivers.
1771, November: French Royalists in attempt a landing, supported by the Spanish navy, in South France. The landing itself is successful, but the people don't rise against the republic, and the landed troops are defeated. Many ships have to be abandoned.
1772, January: After the French used the holidays to move their armies, while the Spaniards were celebrating, Catalonia is overrun by the French.
1772, April: . Last German-Dutch army defeated.
1772: . All the German lands west of the Rhine are annexed by France, plus the lands of Berg and at the right bank. So are Spain north of the Ebro, French-speaking , the Alsace, (old) Savoy and . Switzerland is neutralized again.
Late 1770s: After the downfall of the French Indochinese Compagnie, France is struck by a severe financial crisis. General takes "temporal power" (which has to be accepted by plebiscites once per five years).
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War between republican France and the British-Spanish-German-Polish-Hungarian-Danish-Swedish coalition breaks out again in 1779.
1780: War starts promising for the coalition when the Spaniards retake Catalonia and the German-British-Dutch armies cross the Rhine and invade the Palatinate.
1781: Tide of war turns again for France, when Boulanger defeats the coalition armies at Worms (June) and Weissenburg (September) and the Spaniards have to retreat behind the Ebro too.
1782: French assembly proclaims to liberate all the people in Europe from their royal yoke.
1783: "The thrust through Germany". General Boulanger crosses the Rhine, marches through South , , , until arriving in at christmas.
1784: Winter . French republican armies invade .
1784: . Bohemia, Hesse, Franconia and Thuringia- (OTL Thuringia and Saxony) become officially French satellite republics. The remaining Netherlands become part of France itself. Württemberg proper becomes a part of the Swiss republic, which is another French satellite. - also has to cede to the duke of , which causes king to doubt the cause of the Royalists. is dissolved. South Aragon (Valencia) is also ceded to France, becomes an independent republic.
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France and Sweden had made a secret alliance against - 1790.
1791: After the death of king , his hot-headed grandson becomes king instead. He pressures for war against France, which breaks out again. This is despite the fact that this coalition is even weaker than ever before. , one of the strongest German states, stays neutral, Sweden-Norway sides with France.
1791, July: . French-German armies cross the Danube.
1793: . , -, Pomerania and Braunschweig (incl. Schleswig-Holstein) are turned into republics too. Denmark proper goes to Sweden. Spain is occupied by France (except Galicia, which goes to Portugal) and divided into the republics of , and . The Spanish royal family goes to , the pope flees to , , which swears to continue the fight. This leads to a costly "perpetual war" when Britain continually tries to attack French coasts and support uprisings in Spain and Germany. Hungary has to cede the lands of the Czechs and Slovaks, which become the .
The only monarchist states remaining in Western Europe are Britain, Italy, Sweden-Norway-Denmark, Hungary, Poland, and the German states of and Nassau - less than ten, for the first time.
Category:Wars (Chaos)
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