January to June • 16 January – France occupies
Utrecht, Netherlands. • 17 January – Revolution breaks out in
Amsterdam. • 18 January –
William V, Prince of Orange, flees the
Dutch Republic for exile at
Kew. • 19 January – The
Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands. • 20 January – French troops enter
Amsterdam. • 21 January – Dutch fleet in
IJsselmeer is captured by France. • 29 January –
Chouans attack the Republican held town of Guémené. • 17 February – Peace made with Chouans after their defeat. • 13–14 March –
Battle of Genoa, British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet. • 5 April – The
Peace of Basel is signed, between France and
Prussia. • 7 April – France adopts the
metre as the unit of length. • 23 April –
Sweden becomes the first monarchy to recognize the
French Republic – Swedish ambassador introduced into the French Convention. • 16 May –
Treaty of The Hague signed between French Republic and the
Batavian Republic ceding territory to France. • 31 May –
French Revolution:
Revolutionary Tribunal suppressed. • 7 June –
Siege of Luxembourg ends with surrender of fortress by Austrian forces to the French. • 8 June –
Dauphin, would-be-
Louis XVII dies.
Louis XVIII becomes titular king of France (he becomes the actual king on 6 April 1814). • 17 June –
First Battle of Groix, British naval victory over France. • 23 June –
Battle of Groix, British naval victory over France. • 26 June – Hostilities resume after Royalist émigré force lands at
Carnac. ). • 27 June • French troops recapture
St. Lucia. • British forces land off
Quiberon, to aid the revolt in
Brittany. • 28 June – The French government announces that the
heir to the French throne has died of illness (many doubt the statement).
July to December • 13 July –
Battle of the Hyères Islands, British–Neapolitan victory over French fleet. • 15 July – The
Marseillaise officially adopted as French
national anthem. • 21 July – Émigré force is defeated during the assault on
Quiberon. • 22 July – The
Second Treaty of Basel is signed between the
French First Republic and Spain, ending the
War of the Pyrenees. Spain cedes its half of the Caribbean island of
Hispaniola to France. • 22 August –
Constitution of the Year III enacted, establishing the
Directory. • 25 August –
Battle of Trincomalee: British forces capture
Trincomalee in
Ceylon. • 28 August - The
Third Treaty of Basel is signed, between the
French First Republic and the
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. • 15 September -
French Revolutionary Wars -
Invasion of the Cape Colony: British forces capture
Cape Town in the
Dutch Cape Colony, to use its strategic facilities against the French Navy. • 25 September - Royalist defeat at
Saint-Cyr. • 28 September – The Alliance of St Petersburg formed between Britain,
Russia and
Austria against
France. • 1 October -
Austrian Netherlands annexed to the French Republic as the
Belgian departments. • 2 October – British forces capture
Ile d'Yeu, off the coast of
Brittany. • 5 October –
13 Vendémiaire, battle between French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of
Paris, resulting in defeat of Royalist insurrection. • 29 October –
Battle of Mainz, Austrian victory over French forces. • 2 November –
French Revolution: The
French Directory takes power; the influence of the
Sans-culottes declines.
Ongoing •
French Revolution •
French Revolutionary Wars •
War of the First Coalition ==Births==