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 Francia.
*e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive, inconclusive
First French Republic (1792–1804) Conflict Allies Opponents OutcomeFrench Revolution(1789–1799) Location: France Kingdom of France Catholic and Royal Army Chouans Armée des ÉmigrésRevolutionaries Jacobins Cordeliers Girondins Sans-culottes Thermidorians French Republican victory Abolition of the Ancien régime and creation of constitutional monarchy Proclamation of the French First Republic in September 1792 Reign of Terror and execution of Louis XVI French Revolutionary Wars Establishment of the French Consulate in November 1799War of the First Coalition(1792–1797) Location: France, Central Europe, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, West IndiesFrench satellites (from 1795) Sister republics French naval allies Spain (from 1796, naval only)First Coalition French victory; Treaty of The Hague, Treaty of Paris, Peaces of Basel, Treaty of Tolentino, Treaty of Campo Formio French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine, Savoy, and other smaller territories Santo Domingo to France French sister republics established End of millennial Venetian independenceWar in the Vendée(1793–1796) Location: West France: Maine-et-Loire, Vendée, Loire-Atlantique, Deux-Sèvres (or former provinces of Anjou, Poitou, Brittany) French Republic Vendeans French Republican victoryWar of the Pyrenees(1793-1795) Location: Pyrenees French Republic Spain French victory Peace of Basel Spain cedes Santo Domingo to FranceHaitian Revolution(1791–1804) Location: Hispaniola
Saint-Domingue expedition Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot Blockade of Saint-Domingue Battle of Vertières1791–1793 1793–1798 1798–1801 1802–18041791–1793 1793–1798 1798–1801 1802–1804
(1793–1798) Haitian victory Reprisal massacres against French population Establishment of the Empire of HaitiFrench invasion of Switzerland(1798) Location: Old Swiss Confederacy French victory Switzerland becomes a French client stateWar of the Second Coalition(1798–1802) Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Location: Italy, Switzerland, Southern Germany, Middle East, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea SpainFrench client republics:And other supporting soldiers as the Polish Legions and some Mamluks in captivity.
Cisalpine Republic Helvetic Republic Ligurian Republic
Co-belligerent: Mysore (Fourth Anglo-Mysore War until 1799)Second Coalition: (until 1801) Tuscany Left the war signing the treaty of Paris (August 1801). Great Britain until 1801. Left the war signing the treaty of Amiens. (until 1801)Left the war signing the Treaty of Paris (8 October 1801).Including the Mamluks and the Barbary Coast. Left the war signing the Treaty of Paris (1802) with France. (until 1801)Left the war signing the Treaty of Florence with France. (until 1801)Left the war signing the Treaty of Badajoz (1801) with Spain and the Treaty of Madrid (1801) with France. SardiniaFollowing the refusal to enter in alliance against the Two Sicilies, France declared war on both Naples and Piedmont-Sardinia the same day, December 6. The Piedmontese Republic was proclaimed on 10 December 1798. The Sardinian king Charles Emmanuel IV fled to Cagliari.
Co-belligerent: (Quasi-War until 1800) French victory Trinidad, Ceylon and Malta to Britain Parma and Louisiana to France Tuscany to the House of Bourbon Foundation of the Septinsular Republic Portuguese Olivença to Spain and renamed Olivenza (Treaty of Badajoz) ReichsdeputationshauptschlussPeasants' War(1798) Location: Southern Netherlands annexed by the French Republic French Republic Brigands French Republican victoryQuasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Primarily Caribbean and East Coast of the United States, minor actions in Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea Convention of 1800War of the Oranges(1801) Location: Alentejo, PortugalRio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso, Brazil State of Brazil Franco-Spanish victory Treaty of Badajoz Question of Olivença Territory of Brazil expanded Portuguese territory returned, except Olivenza, and border territories, which remained in Spanish possession; France territorial guarantees in Trinidad, Port Mahon (Menorca) and Malta, as well as lands north of Brazil; Southern Spanish America loses territory to Portuguese Brazil
First French Empire (1804–1814, 1815) Conflict France & allies France's opposition OutcomeWar of the Third Coalition(1803–1806) Location: Central Europe, Italy and the Atlantic Ocean France Batavian Republic Kingdom of Italy Etruria French victory Treaty of PressburgFranco-Swedish War(1805–1810) Location: Swedish Pomerania
Co-belligerents: Russian Empire(1808–09) Denmark–Norway(1808–09)
Co-belligerents: Russian Empire(until 1807) Austrian Empire Saxony French victory Sweden regains Swedish Pomerania Sweden integrates into the Continental SystemSiege of Santo Domingo(1805) Location: Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo France Haiti French victory Beheadings of MocaWar of the Fourth Coalition(1806–1807) Location: Central Europe France
Confederation of the Rhine Etruria Holland Italy Naples Saxony Polish Legions Swiss Confederation Spain
Polish rebels Fourth Coalition:
Prussia
Saxony Sweden Sicily Septinsular Republic French victory Treaties of Tilsit Treaty of PosenPrussia loses over half of its territory Creation of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of WestphaliaGunboat War(1807–1814) Location: the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Denmark–NorwayCo-belligerent: Russian Empire (1808–09)Supported by: French EmpireOlesen, Jens E. (2008). "Schwedisch-Pommern in der schwedischen Politik nach 1806". In North, Michael; Riemer, Robert. Das Ende des Alten Reiches im Ostseeraum. Wahrnehmungen und Transformationen (in German). Böhlau. pp. 289. . United Kingdom Sweden (1808–09, 1813–1814) Anglo-Swedish victory Treaty of Kiel End of Denmark-Norway Heligoland ceded to the United Kingdom Swedish Pomerania ceded to Denmark Norway ceded to the King of SwedenInvasion of Portugal (1807) Location: Portugal Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Portugal Franco-Spanish victory, Portuguese mainland under joint Franco-Spanish occupationFinnish War(1808–1809) Location: Finland and Sweden Russian victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Sweden loses Finland, Åland, a part of Lapland and a part of West Bothnia, from which the Grand Duchy of Finland was constituted, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.)Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809)(1808–1809) Location: ScandinaviaSupported by: French Empire Inconclusive See Peninsular War(1808–1814) Location: the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France Bonapartist Spain Italy Confederated States of the Rhine
Holland Swiss Confederation Coalition victory Treaty of Paris Spanish Bourbon monarchy restored Spain regains Santo Domingo Revolts break out in Spanish AmericaWar of the Fifth Coalition(1809) Location: Central Europe, Northern Italy, and the Low Countries France
Confederation of the Rhine
Saxony Westphalia Württemberg Duchy of Warsaw
Naples Holland Fifth Coalition
Portugal Spain Sardinia Sicily
Rebel groups
Black Brunswickers Tyrol Gottscheers Italian rebels French victory Various Austrian territories were ceded: Illyrian Provinces to France Salzburg to Bavaria West Galicia to Duchy of Warsaw Tarnopol to RussiaTyrolean Rebellion(1809) Location: Tyrol Tyrolean civilian militia (Schützen) Supported by: Austrian Empire French victoryFrench invasion of Russia(1812) Location: Russian Empire French Empire Duchy of Warsaw Italy Naples </p> Switzerland Regiment Joseph Napoleon (Spain) French allies: Russian victoryWar of the Sixth Coalition(1812–1814) Location: Central and Eastern Europe, the Low Countries, and France
Naples
Confederation of the Rhine Denmark–Norway (1813–1814) Original coalition
Spain
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Sardinia
After the Armistice of Pläswitz
After the Battle of Leipzig
Baden
After 20 November 1813
Netherlands
After January 1814
Denmark Coalition victoryHundred Days(1815) Location: France and the Netherlands Coalition victory Second Treaty of Paris End of the Napoleonic Wars Second exile of Napoleon (to the island of Saint Helena) and second Bourbon Restoration Beginning of the Concert of Europe
Bourbon Restoration (1814–15, 1815–1830) Conflict France & allies France's opposition OutcomeHundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis(1823) Location: Spain Armée de la Foi Partisans of the Cortes Spanish and French Bourbon royalist victory End of the Trienio Liberal Start of the Ominous DecadeGreek War of Independence(1821–1829) Battle of Navarino Morea Expedition Location: Ottoman Greece (present-day Greece) Greek Revolutionaries
After 1822: Greek victory Independence of Greece The Peloponnese, Saronic Islands, Cyclades, Sporades and Continental Greece ceded to the independent Greek state Crete ceded to EgyptFranco-Trarzan War of 1825(1825) Location: Waalo, West Africa Kingdom of FranceEmirate of Trarza French victoryIrish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt(1828) Location: Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil Empire of Brazil Kingdom of France United KingdomIrish mercenariesGerman mercenaries Revolt suppressedJuly Revolution(July 1830) Location: Paris, Kingdom of France Kingdom of France Royal Guard French Royal Army Supported by: Ultra-royalists Doctrinaires Revolutionaries Liberals Republicans Bonapartists Doctrinaires Revolutionary victory End of Charles X's rule Establishment of the constitutional July Monarchy Louis Philippe I becomes new King of the French Start of the uprisings in Belgium and Poland
July Monarchy (1830–1848) Conflict France & allies France's opposition OutcomeLiberal Wars(1828–34) Battle of the Tagus Location: Portugal Liberals Supported by: Miguelites Supported by: Liberal victory Concession of EvoramonteFrench conquest of Algeria(1830–1903) Location: Algeria Battle of Macta Siege of Constantine Battle of Mazagran Battle of the Smala Battle of Sidi Brahim Support: Morocco (1847) Constantine Titteri Oran Emirate of Abdelkader Kingdom of Beni AbbasSultanate of TuggurtKel AhaggarAwlad Sidi ShaykhVarious other tribal confederationsVarious banditsSupport: Morocco (until 1844) French victory Pacification of AlgeriaBelgian Revolution(1830–31) Location: The Low Countries Treaty of London Most European powers' recognition of Belgium's independence from the Kingdom of the NetherlandsJune Rebellion(1832) Location: Paris July Monarchy National Guards Regular Army Republicans Government victory Uprising suppressedFirst Carlist War(1833–1840) Location: Spain Liberals Supported by: France United Kingdom Portugal Carlists Supported by: Portugal Liberal victory Lord Eliot Convention Convention of VergaraPastry War(1838–1839) Location: Veracruz, Mexico French victoryUruguayan Civil War(1839–1851) Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Location: Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil Gobierno de la Defensa
Entre Ríos Gobierno del Cerrito Colorado victory The Colorado Party triumphs in Uruguay. In Argentina, Rosas is overthrown by Urquiza in the Battle of Caseros. Argentine Unification War.First Franco-Moroccan War(1844) Location: Morocco Bombardment of Tangiers Battle of Isly Bombardment of Mogador French Algeria Morocco French victory Treaty of TangierFranco-Tahitian War(1844–1847) Location: the Society Islands FranceTahitian allies Tahiti Huahine Raiatea-Tahaa Bora Bora French victoryBombardment of Tourane(1847)