Outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars

Date: April 20, 1792 • Location: Paris, France

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1792–1802.

France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Francis II and I was the last Holy Roman Emperor from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815.