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This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving ...
The French in 1798 fought an undeclared war at sea against the United States, that was known variously as the "Quasi-War", the "Half War" and the "Pirate Wars". It was resolved peaceably with the Convention of 1800 .
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
It also differs from "Napoleonic Wars", which is variously defined as covering any war involving France ruled by Napoleon between 1799 and 1815 (which includes the War of the Second Coalition, 1798–1802), or not commencing until the War of the Third Coalition (1803/05, depending on periodisation).
In France, the Napoleonic Wars are generally integrated with the French Revolutionary Wars: Les guerres de la Révolution et de l'Empire. [ 50 ] German historiography may count the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9–1801/2), during which Napoleon had seized power, as the Erster Napoleonischer Krieg ("First Napoleonic War").
German uhlans and an infantryman escorting captured French soldiers Europe at This Moment (1872) – A Political-Geographic Fantasy: An elaborate satirical map reflecting the European situation following the Franco-Prussian war. France had suffered a crushing defeat: the loss of Alsace and parts of Lorraine; The map contains satirical comments ...
the Caroline War; John of Gaunt's chevauchée of 1373; the Lancastrian War; the 1536 Italian War of 1536–1538, Spanish invasion of France; the 1562 English expedition to France, led by England during the French Wars of Religion; the 1746 War of the Austrian Succession, Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attempted to invade ...
The Battle of Malakoff (1855) during the Crimean War, by Horace Vernet (1858) List of battles involving France, Francia and the Franks may refer to: Entire pre-987 wars involving the Franks and Francia, see List of wars involving Francia. Specific pre-987 battles involving the Franks and Francia, see List of battles involving the Franks and ...