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| 1224 | Louis VIII |  |
| River Garonne A new Anglo-French War begins, France captures lands between the Loire & the Garonne |
| 1337 | Philip VI | |
| French barons refuse to recognize Edward III's claim to the French succession |
| 1595 | Henry IV | |
| Declares war on Spain to unite France |
| Declares war on Spain, to unite his nation & create an ancien regime |
| War is declared gainst Spain because of the Spanish pretender to the French throne |
| 1635 | Louis XIII | |
| 19th May Declares War on Spain after the Spanish occupation of the fortress of Trier |
| 1635 | Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis de | |
| Declares war on Spain by sending a herald to Brussels |
| 19th May Delares war on the Habsburgs in Spain |
| 1666 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| France & Holland declare War on England, France takes Antigua, Monsterrat & StKitts |
| 1667 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 24th May Begins the War of Devolution by invading Flanders & Hainault |
| 24th May Brabant Says the law in Brabant makes his wife Maria Teresa a better claimant than Charles II |
| 1672 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Begins the Franco-Dutch War |
| 1688 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 26th Nov Declares war on The Netherlands |
| 1689 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Declares war on Spain |
| 7th May Declares war on England |
| 1702 | Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| 14th May The war widens in Europe as the Grand Alliance declares war on France |
| 1733 | Louis XV | |
| 10th Oct France declares war on the Holy Roman Empire |
| 1778 | Jones, John Paul | |
| France enters the war on the USAside with the support of Spain |
| Jones leads a French sponsored naval unit |
| 1778 | Louis XVI | |
| France declares war on Britain & sends an army to nth America |
| 10th July France declares war against Great Britain |
| 1791 | Robespierre, Maximilien Francois Marie | |
| Opposes the War of Liberation because foreign countries are not ready for liberation |
| 1792 | Louis XVI | |
| 20th April The Legislative Assembly declares war on the "King of Bohemia & Hungary" |
| 14th Dec Address es the Assembly & says war will be inevitable if the emigres are not dispersed |
| 1793 | Danton, Georges Jacques | |
| Feb The Convention declares war on England |
| 1st Feb The French Republic declares war against Britain, Holland & Spain |
| Mar The Convention declares war on Spain |
| 1793 | Napoleon I | |
| 22nd Jan France declares a war of European liberation |
| 22nd Jan France declares war on Britain to defend the gains of the revolution |
| 1st Feb France declares war on Britain |
| 1st Feb France invades the Austrian Netherlands, threatening Britain's maritime security |
| 1812 | Napoleon I | |
| Alexander attempts to settle the frontiers of Europe, Napoleon declares war on Russia |
| 1813 | Napoleon I | |
| 16th Mar Prussia declares war on France |
| 13th Aug Austria declares war on France |
| 18th Oct Bavaria Bavaria joins the Allies |
| 18th Oct Saxony Saxony joins the Allies |
| 1859 | Napoleon III | |
| 3rd May France declares war Austria |
| 1870 | Napoleon III | |
| 19th July Paris Declares war on Germany |
| 19th July Paris Expects a decisive victory "we shall come across the glorious tracks of our fathers" |
| 1914 | Poncare, Raymond Nicholas Landry | |
| 5th Nov Great Britain & France declare war on Turkey |
