Outbreak of the War of the Pyrenees

Date: May 1, 1794 • Location: Maureillas-las-Illas, France

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1793–1795.

War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou.

The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic. It pitted Revolutionary France against the kingdoms of Spain and Portugal from March 1793 to July 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars.