* 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: the city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.

* 1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: the Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.

* 1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile ( Battle of Aboukir Bay ) – Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

* 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondicherry.

* 1792 – France invades the Austrian Netherlands ( present day Belgium ), beginning the French Revolutionary War.

* 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.

* 1792 – France declares war against the " King of Hungary and Bohemia ", the beginning of French Revolutionary Wars.

* 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.

The Arc de Triomphe ( in English: " Triumphal Arch ") honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces.

* Some great battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are engraved on the attic, including

Regardless, he remains among Austria's pantheon of heroes of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

This tactic was effectively used by the early French Revolutionary Armies.

Bonaparte had sought to invade Egypt, as the first step in a campaign against British India whose ultimate aim was to drive Britain out of the French Revolutionary Wars.

The Peace of Basel in 1795 between the French Republic and Prussia and Spain ended the First Coalition against France during the French Revolutionary Wars.

The following day – 22 September 1792, the first morning of the new Republic – was later retroactively adopted as the beginning of Year One of the French Republican Calendar.

French Republican Calendar of 1794, drawn by Philibert-Louis Debucourt.

The French Republican Calendar () or French Revolutionary Calendar ( calendrier révolutionnaire français ) was a calendar created and implemented during the French Revolution, and used by the French government for about 12 years from late 1793 to 1805, and for 18 days by the Paris Commune in 1871.

A copy of the French Republican Calendar in the Historical Museum of Lausanne.

The name " French Revolutionary Calendar " refers to the fact that the calendar was created during the Revolution, but is somewhat of a misnomer.

Pocket watch with dodecacimal-based hours, and days of the month and of the week in French Republican Calendar.

The new French Republican Calendar was then legally enforced.

The Reign of Terror ( 5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794: the latter is date 10 Thermidor, year II of the French Revolutionary Calendar ), also known simply as The Terror (), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of " enemies of the revolution.

* 1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.

* September 22 – The Era of the historical French Republican Calendar begins.

* Napoleon annuls the 10-day week of the French Revolutionary Calendar ; he also orders his soldiers to be vaccinated.

* October 24 – The French Republican Calendar is adopted by the National Convention.

The fabulous art treasures collected by the French monarchy over centuries were accessible to the public three days each " décade " ( the 10-day unit which had replaced the week in the French Republican Calendar ).

* In the French Republican Calendar, a calendar used by the French government for about twelve years from late 1793, the epoch was the beginning of the " Republican Era ", September 22, 1792 ( the day the French First Republic was proclaimed, one day after the Convention abolished the monarchy ).

* 1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2, 000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

* 1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.

* 1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.

* Invasion of Cayenne ( 1809 ) ( 1809 ): Was a combined military operation by an Anglo-Portuguese-Brazilian expeditionary force against Cayenne, capital of the French South American colony of French Guiana in 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars.

The French and Bavarian commanders eventually agreed on a plan and decided to attack Eugene's smaller force.

At about 08: 00, after Cadogan had just passed Merdorp, his force made brief contact with a party of French hussars gathering forage on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

The battle was the climax of a naval campaign that had ranged across the Mediterranean during the previous three months, as a large French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria, carrying an expeditionary force under General Napoleon Bonaparte.

As Bonaparte's fleet crossed the Mediterranean, it was pursued by a British force under Nelson, sent from the British fleet in the Tagus, to establish the purpose of the French expedition and defeat it.

Although he now had enough ships to challenge the French fleet, Nelson suffered two great disadvantages: he had no intelligence regarding the destination of the French, and no frigates to scout ahead of his force.

Marching along the coast, the French army stormed Alexandria and captured the city, before Bonaparte led the main force of his army inland.

When the news became certain, the French press insisted that the defeat was the result both of an overwhelmingly large British force and unspecified " traitors.

The destruction of the French Mediterranean fleet allowed the Royal Navy to return to the sea in force, as British squadrons set up blockades off French and allied ports.

The total force is estimated at 25, 000 men ; a much larger proportion of foot soldiers and slightly less cavalry than the French.

The battle closed with the celebrated stand of Reginald of Boulogne, a former vassal of King Philip, who formed a ring of seven hundred Brabançon pikemen, and not only defied every attack of the French cavalry, but himself made repeated charges or sorties with his small force of knights.

French troops and an OAU peacekeeping force of 3, 500 Nigerian, Senegalese, and Zairian troops ( partially funded by the United States ) remained neutral during the conflict.

The French succeeded in helping it to quell the disturbances, and an African peacekeeping force ( MISAB ) occupied Bangui until 1998 when they were relieved by a United Nations peacekeeping mission ( MINURCA ).

French training and operating techniques has been used since the establishment of the air force.

Several hours after the attack French President Jacques Chirac ordered the destruction of the Ivorian air force and the seizure of Yamoussoukro airport.

The French military also maintains a force as part of Operation Licorne.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

On October 3, 1995, 11 p. m., the French deployed 600 men against a force of 33 mercenaries and a 300 man dissident force.