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Coalitions Against France 1792-1815

By definition, a coalition is a temporary alliance of distinct parties, persons, or states for joint action.

 



The following coalitions were formed and employed against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France.

You will find the links to the timelines 1792 to 1815 in the right column.
 

 

1792-1797 War of the First Coalition
   
  The War of the First Coalition was fought from April 20, 1792 - October 17, 1797.

The members of the First Coalition were Austria, Prussia, Spain (until 1796), Portugal, and Piedmont-Sardinia.

Great Britain and the United Provinces joined the coalition on February 1, 1793, when France declared war on both countries.

The War of the First Coalition was a chapter in the  French Revolutionary Wars.

France won the War of the First Coalition and had a paper to prove it, the  Treaty of Campo Formio.

   
   
   
1798-1802 War of the Second Coalition
   
  The War of the Second Coalition was fought from November 29, 1798 - March 27, 1802.

The members of the Second Coalition were Britain, Austria, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, Naples, and Portugal.

The War of the Second Coalition was a chapter in the  French Revolutionary Wars.

France won the War of the Second Coalition on March 27, 1802, when the  Treaty of Amiens was signed.

   
   
   
1805 War of the Third Coalition
   
  The War of the Third Coalition begun on September 23, 1805, and ended with the Treaty of Pressburg on December 26, 1805.

The members of the Third Coalition were Britain, Russia, Sweden, Austria, and Naples.

The War of the Third Coalition was a chapter in the
 Napoleonic Wars.

France won the War of the Third Coalition.

See Note

   
   
   
1806-1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
   
  The War of the Fourth Coalition begun on October 8, 1806, and ended with the Treaty of Tilsit on July 9, 1807.

The members of the Fourth Coalition were Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Saxony, and Sweden.

The War of the Fourth Coalition was a chapter in the  Napoleonic Wars.

France won the War of the Fourth Coalition.

See Note

   
   
   
1809 The Fifth Coalition
   
  The members of the Fifth Coalition were Britain, Austria, Portugal, and Spain.

Napoleon invaded Portugal and Spain and their heads of state either fled to Brazil (Portugal) or were deposed (Spain).

In 1809, the French were engaged in the ongoing War with Britain (1803-1814), who allied with Spain and Portugal in the  Peninsular War (1808-1814), and in the Austrian War (1809).


These wars with the Fifth Coalition were part of the
 Napoleonic Wars.

France won the Austrian War, which ended with the Treaty of Schönbrunn on October 14, 1809.

See Note

   
   
   
1812-1814 The Sixth Coalition
   
  The members of the Sixth Coalition were Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Britain.

During 1812-1814, France engaged in the Russian Campaign (1812), and the War of Liberation (1813-1814).

These wars between France and the members of the Sixth Coalition were part of the  Napoleonic Wars.

See Note

   
   
   
1815 The Seventh Coalition
   
 

The Seventh Coalition was a reunion of the Sixth Coalition. Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria joined forces once more after Napoleon had escaped from Elba.

These were the The Hundred Days (1815).

See Note

   
   
   
Please Note About the total number of the coalitions against France
   
 

Some historians say the War of the Third Coalition was fought 1805-1807, thus including what is listed here as the War of the Fourth Coalition.

Some also divide what is listed here as the Sixth Coalition into the Sixth and Seventh Coalition, which would make the 1815 coalition the Eighth Coalition.

   

 

And here is the map:

Map Battle Locations Coalitions Against France 1792-1815
Map of the Principal Seats of War 1788-1815
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