Podcasts about French Revolutionary Wars

fWotD Episode 2942: Rhine campaign of 1796 Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Sunday, 25 May 2025, is Rhine campaign of 1796.In the Rhine campaign of 1796 (June 1796 to February 1797), two First Coalition armies under the overall command of Archduke Charles outmaneuvered and defeated two French Republican armies. This was the last campaign of the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.The French military strategy against Austria called for a three-pronged invasion to surround Vienna, ideally capturing the city and forcing the Holy Roman Emperor to surrender and accept French Revolutionary territorial integrity. The French assembled the Army of Sambre and Meuse commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan against the Austrian Army of the Lower Rhine in the north. The Army of the Rhine and Moselle, led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau, opposed the Austrian Army of the Upper Rhine in the south. A third army, the Army of Italy, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, approached Vienna through northern Italy.The early success of the Army of Italy initially forced the Coalition commander, Archduke Charles, to transfer 25,000 men commanded by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser to northern Italy. This weakened the Coalition force along the 340-kilometre (211 mi) front stretching along the Rhine from Basel to the North Sea. Later, a feint by Jourdan's Army of Sambre and Meuse convinced Charles to shift troops to the north, allowing Moreau to cross the Rhine at the Battle of Kehl on 24 June and defeated the Archduke's Imperial contingents. Both French armies penetrated deep into eastern and southern Germany by late July, forcing the southern states of the Holy Roman Empire into punitive armistices. By August, the French armies had extended their fronts too thinly and rivalry among the French generals complicated cooperation between the two armies. Because the two French armies operated independently, Charles was able to leave Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour with a weaker army in front of Moreau on the southernmost flank and move many reinforcements to the army of Wilhelm von Wartensleben in the north.At the Battle of Amberg on 24 August and the Battle of Würzburg on 3 September, Charles defeated Jourdan's northern army and compelled the French army to retreat, eventually to the west bank of the Rhine. With Jourdan neutralized and retreating into France, Charles left Franz von Werneck to watch the Army of Sambre and Meuse, making sure it did not try to recover a foothold on the east bank of the Rhine. After securing the Rhine crossings at Bruchsal and Kehl, Charles forced Moreau to retreat south. During the winter the Austrians reduced the French bridgeheads in the sieges of Kehl and the Hüningen, and forced Moreau's army back to France. Despite Charles' success in the Rhineland, Austria lost the war in Italy, which resulted in the Peace of Campo Formio.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:16 UTC on Sunday, 25 May 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Rhine campaign of 1796 on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Kimberly.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most consequential battles of recent centuries. On 20th September 1792 at Valmy, 120 miles to the east of Paris, the army of the French Revolution faced Prussians, Austrians and French royalists heading for Paris to free Louis XVI and restore his power and end the Revolution. The professional soldiers in the French army were joined by citizens singing the Marseillaise and their refusal to give ground prompted their opponents to retreat when they might have stayed and won. The French success was transformative. The next day, back in Paris, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared the new Republic. Goethe, who was at Valmy, was to write that from that day forth began a new era in the history of the world.With Michael Rowe Reader in European History at King's College LondonHeidi Mehrkens Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of AberdeenAndColin Jones Professor Emeritus of History at Queen Mary, University of LondonProducer: Simon TillotsonReading listT. C. W. Blanning, The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1802 (Hodder Education, 1996)Elizabeth Cross, ‘The Myth of the Foreign Enemy? The Brunswick Manifesto and the Radicalization of the French Revolution' (French History 25/2, 2011)Charles J. Esdaile, The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792-1801 (Routledge, 2018)John A. Lynn, ‘Valmy' (MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History, Fall 1992)Munro Price, The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil (Macmillan, 2002)Simon Schama, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution (Penguin Books, 1989)Samuel F. Scott, From Yorktown to Valmy: The Transformation of the French Army in an Age of Revolution (University Press of Colorado, 1998)Marie-Cécile Thoral, From Valmy to Waterloo: France at War, 1792–1815 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most consequential battles of recent centuries. On 20th September 1792 at Valmy, 120 miles to the east of Paris, the army of the French Revolution faced Prussians, Austrians and French royalists heading for Paris to free Louis XVI and restore his power and end the Revolution. The professional soldiers in the French army were joined by citizens singing the Marseillaise and their refusal to give ground prompted their opponents to retreat when they might have stayed and won. The French success was transformative. The next day, back in Paris, the National Convention abolished the monarchy and declared the new Republic. Goethe, who was at Valmy, was to write that from that day forth began a new era in the history of the world.With Michael Rowe Reader in European History at King's College LondonHeidi Mehrkens Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of AberdeenAndColin Jones Professor Emeritus of History at Queen Mary, University of LondonProducer: Simon TillotsonReading listT. C. W. Blanning, The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1802 (Hodder Education, 1996)Elizabeth Cross, ‘The Myth of the Foreign Enemy? The Brunswick Manifesto and the Radicalization of the French Revolution' (French History 25/2, 2011)Charles J. Esdaile, The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792-1801 (Routledge, 2018)John A. Lynn, ‘Valmy' (MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History, Fall 1992)Munro Price, The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the baron de Breteuil (Macmillan, 2002)Simon Schama, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution (Penguin Books, 1989)Samuel F. Scott, From Yorktown to Valmy: The Transformation of the French Army in an Age of Revolution (University Press of Colorado, 1998)Marie-Cécile Thoral, From Valmy to Waterloo: France at War, 1792–1815 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

Modern-day Germany was at a turning point in the Napoleonic period, with the French Revolutionary Wars prompting an enormous shake-up in which its various small-scale secular and ecclesiastical entities were gobbled up by bigger states. The change marked something of a no-going-back point for the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire, and its historical resonances continue to this day - as regular listener and contributor Hans-Karl Weiss describes in this episode. He got to put his points to our interviewee, Dr Michael Rowe of King's College London, who was able to explain why this period was so important.This bonus episode will be followed by a segment in ep45 on the Reichsdeputationhauptschluss, the key moment when the negotiations about the redrawing of the political map east of the Rhine was determined.

Bernie Campbell is joined by Rachel Blackman-Rogers and Olivier Aranda for a deep dive - pun intended - into the Battle of the Glorious First of June and the first major fleet action of the French Revolutionary Wars.

In this episode of Echoes of War, Craig and Gaurav explore the Battle of the Nile. The Battle of the Nile (August 1–3, 1798) was a pivotal naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars. It took place in Aboukir Bay near the Nile Delta, between the British Royal Navy, commanded by Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson, and the French fleet, supporting Napoleon Bonaparte's expedition to Egypt. Napoleon aimed to disrupt British access to India and expand French influence in the region. The French fleet, under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys, anchored in a defensive line close to the shore. Nelson, arriving after a relentless search, employed bold tactics, to attack the French fleet in detail and utilize the winds and French disposition in his favour. The Royal Navy scored a decisive victory. By the battle's end, 11 of 13 French ships of the line were captured or destroyed. The British suffered relatively light casualties with no ships lost. The victory had far-reaching consequences: it isolated Napoleon's army in Egypt which forced his return to France in 1799 and army to surrender in 1801. It halted French plans for further eastern expansion. It strengthened British naval dominance, and bolstered morale across Europe. The Royal Navy which had initially vacated the Mediterranean sea due to overwhelming odds, would now control the sea for the next century. However, Nelson's greatest moment was yet to come.

As we've reached the Peace of Amiens it felt like a good time to pause and review the French Revolutionary Wars... Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze took questions from Quartermasters about a decade of fighting in which the French defied expectations, the allies never quite clicked and Napoleon Bonaparte emerged as a truly great military commander. Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly

The 1797 mutinies went hand in hand with financial crisis.  This was the most dangerous period for Britain and the miracle during the French Revolutionary Wars.The Royal Navy spent most of 1797 convulsed and unable to sail.  Fortunately, the French were in no shape to come out after the events we covered in the last few episodes.  The Dutch were a different story..  They had a fleet at Texel, 16 ships of the line ready to set sail.  But the British squadron, based at Great Yarmouth, that was supposed to blockade Texel, joined the mutiny at the Nore instead!  Only the heroism and clever actions of Admiral Duncan kept the Dutch in port during the most dangerous period in June of 1797.  When the Dutch finally came out in October, the result was the Battle of Camperdown.The mutinies were very different from one another.  Spithead more like a labor action.  And everyone, from the Admiralty to the public and the government of Pitt, felt the sailors had a point.  They hadn't had a pay increase since 1658!  And they had other valid grievances. They would give the sailors what they wanted, only the slow workings of Parliament created the danger.  The Nore mutiny though, was a revolutionary beast.  It was a gift to those in power.  It could be used to utterly crush the Nore mutiny and discredit the idea of mutiny.

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This covers the first year of the War of the First Coalition, which ends with the "homicidal philanthropy of France."Brunswick's invasion, the battle of Valmy, the battle of Jemappes, Dumoriez's conquest of Belgium.  The creation of the Army of Italy, operations in the Rhineland and what life was like for those occupied by French Revolutionary armies.

The turning point came when the French flagship, L'Orient, caught fire and exploded. The massive blast illuminated the night sky and demoralized the French ...

Observing the first manned balloon flight, Benjamin Franklin believed that the balloon would be such a potent weapon that it would bring about an end to war. If only that had been the case. Balloons played a role in numerous conflicts, from the French Revolutionary Wars and the American Civil War up to World War One, but they and their proponents often sat uncomfortably in the strict military hierarchy of  their armies, leading to conflict and personality clashes. On this episode, we examine the role that balloons have played in military history and look and why, ultimately, they were not as effective as some hoped they would be. We also pick up the thread of airship history, looking at attempts, sometimes fatal, at solving the biggest problem of early flight - how to build an aircraft that could actually be steered. We look at the first ever powered flight and the different approaches to building a useful airship.

The French declaration of war was part of a broader strategy by the revolutionary government to pre-empt foreign intervention and unite the French people behind the revolutionary ...

On the night of the 1st August 1798, the Royal Navy under Horatio Nelson clashed with  the French off the coast of Egypt.Fought during the French Revolutionary Wars, the battle resulted in arguably one of the finest victories in the Royal Navy's long history.The two fleets were equally matched in numbers and guns. Nevertheless, Nelson achieved a decisive victory sinking 4 French ships and capturing 9 others without the loss of a single British ship.Get my free weekly newsletter:Support the show

DescriptionTo celebrate the 100th episode of this podcast, I thought we could travel back in time to the dynamic public concerts of London's Hanover Square Rooms during the early 1790s and the presentation of Joseph Haydn's Military Symphony No 100 in G Major. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactAt the time, Joseph Haydn was taking the city by storm, conducting his final twelve symphonies (Nos. 93-104) from a seat at the harpsichord. Haydn remained on the payroll of the Esterházy court during this time. But it was London where he was regarded as a rockstar, thanks to an invitation from the prominent impresario, Johann Peter Salomon.About Steven, HostSteven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.__________________________________________________________________You can FOLLOW ME on Instagram.

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Yale UP, 2022), Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century. Richard Middleton is an independent scholar and was formerly associate professor of American history at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The Bells of Victory, Colonial America, Pontiac's War, and The War of American Independence. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

The French invade Belgium in 1794 and the Netherlands in 1795. The coalition against them starts to fall apart as individual members came to terms. Russia, Prussia and Austria are distracted by their partitioning of Poland, which is wiped off the map.Next the French invade Austria and Italy, the Italian campaign led by a promising young commander Napoleon Bonaparte.www.patreon.com/historyeuropewww.historyeurope.netMusic from Mozart (Symphony no. 40 'Prague'), courtesy of www.musopen.orgPicture - Louis-François, Baron Lejeune - The Battle of Lodi 1796 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A French military victory at Valmy in 1792 and the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 focused the growing concern across Europe about the radical new regime in Paris. The true revolutionary nature of events in France was dawning on everyone, including the possibility of the export of the revolutionary principles. In France, there was further political turmoil in 1793 with the coming to power of Maximilien Robespierre, who embarked on a fully fledged reign of TerrorMusic - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, I. AllegroPicture - Battle of Jemmapes, by Raymond Desvarraux See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made ...

The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars can be dated to 17th August 1787, when in Constantinople the Ottomans arrested the Russian ambassador Count Bulgakov in the Topkapi palace, and declared war on St Petersburg. Catherine the Great had deliberately provoked the Turks and now dragged in the reluctant Austrians into the war. The Austrian Emperor was Joseph II, the archetypal enlightened despot, who worked hard to reform his empire but from the top down. His reforms provoked the so-called Brabantine Revolution 1789-90 in the Netherlands which was similar in some ways to the contemporary French Revolution. www.patreon.com/historyeuropewww.historyeurope.netMusic from Joseph Haydn (Symphony 94, 'Surpise'), Christoph Gluck (the opera 'Iphigenie En Tauride') and Mozart (the Turkish March), courtesy of www.musopen.orgPicture - January Suchodolski - the Siege of Ochakov 1788 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the last years of the 19th century the continent of Europe was turned on its head. France erupted into revolution in the middle of what was already a volatile situation, with various tensions between the Great Powers (Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Ottomans as well as France). The storming of the Bastille is an iconic moment, not just for French, but world history. It came at a time when French prestige was in decline and her foreign policy seemed adrift. The French support of the British colonies in America helped them gain independence but did little for France herself. Meanwhile the Austrian Empire faced its own challenges, led by Joseph I after the death of Maria Theresa, and the Dutch Republic also appeared on the verge of revolthttps://www.patreon.com/historyeuropewww.historyeurope.netMusic from Hector Berlioz (Symphonie Fantastique) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Serenade in G Major or Eine Kleine Nachtmusik), courtesy of www.musopen.orgPicture - Eugène_Delacroix (Liberty Leading the People) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

O "Finis Poloniae".Bibliografia (bez podziału na części):1. M. Brandys, "Generał Arbuz", Warszawa 1988 (rozdział 1, "Od autorytetu do autorytetu");2. W. Kępka-Mariański, "Insurekcja Warszawska 1794", Warszawa 2012;3. A. Zahorski, "Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794" [w:] "Trzy powstania narodowe", Warszawa 1994;4. R.H. Lord, "Drugi rozbiór Polski", Warszawa 1984 (dodatek, "Trzeci rozbiór Polski");5. J. Łojek, "Wokół sporów i polemik", Lublin 1991 (rozdział 6, "Cienie w portrecie bohatera");6. W. Mikuła, "Maciejowice 1794", Warszawa 1991;7. J. Skowronek, "Książę Józef Poniatowski", Wrocław 1984 (rozdział 4, "Honor żołnierski, brabanckie zapusty i narodowa insurekcja");8. A. Storozynski, "Kościuszko. Książę chłopów", Warszawa 2011 (rozdziały 12-13);9. S. Szenic, "Większy niż król ten książę", Warszawa 1976 (rozdziały 31-33);10. B. Szyndler, "Racławice 1794", Warszawa 2009;11. K. Zbyszewski, "Niemcewicz od przodu i tyłu", Warszawa 1999 (rozdziały 72-90);12. Z. Zielińska, "Ostatnie lata Pierwszej Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 1986 (rozdział 5, "O wolność, całość, niepodległość");13. wiki: "Batavian Republic", "Battle of Fleurs (1794)", "Battle of Mouscron", "Battle of Tourcoing", "Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Flandres campaign", "Insurekcja kościuszkowska", "Peace of Basel", "War of the First Coalition".

O tym, jak się przyjął uniwersał połaniecki, o bitwie pod Szczekocinami i o déjà vu Fryderyka Wilhelma II. Bibliografia (bez podziału na części):1. M. Brandys, "Generał Arbuz", Warszawa 1988 (rozdział 1, "Od autorytetu do autorytetu");2. W. Kępka-Mariański, "Insurekcja Warszawska 1794", Warszawa 2012;3. A. Zahorski, "Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794" [w:] "Trzy powstania narodowe", Warszawa 1994;4. R.H. Lord, "Drugi rozbiór Polski", Warszawa 1984 (dodatek, "Trzeci rozbiór Polski");5. J. Łojek, "Wokół sporów i polemik", Lublin 1991 (rozdział 6, "Cienie w portrecie bohatera");6. W. Mikuła, "Maciejowice 1794", Warszawa 1991;7. J. Skowronek, "Książę Józef Poniatowski", Wrocław 1984 (rozdział 4, "Honor żołnierski, brabanckie zapusty i narodowa insurekcja");8. A. Storozynski, "Kościuszko. Książę chłopów", Warszawa 2011 (rozdziały 12-13);9. S. Szenic, "Większy niż król ten książę", Warszawa 1976 (rozdziały 31-33);10. B. Szyndler, "Racławice 1794", Warszawa 2009;11. K. Zbyszewski, "Niemcewicz od przodu i tyłu", Warszawa 1999 (rozdziały 72-90);12. Z. Zielińska, "Ostatnie lata Pierwszej Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 1986 (rozdział 5, "O wolność, całość, niepodległość");13. wiki: "Batavian Republic", "Battle of Fleurs (1794)", "Battle of Mouscron", "Battle of Tourcoing", "Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Flandres campaign", "Insurekcja kościuszkowska", "Peace of Basel", "War of the First Coalition".

O tym, czy Kościuszko wywołał powstanie kościuszkowskie i jak się w ogóle zapatrywał na taki koncept, o bitwie pod Racławicami i o dwóch insurekcjach w dwóch stolicach. Bibliografia (bez podziału na części):1. M. Brandys, "Generał Arbuz", Warszawa 1988 (rozdział 1, "Od autorytetu do autorytetu");2. W. Kępka-Mariański, "Insurekcja Warszawska 1794", Warszawa 2012;3. A. Zahorski, "Powstanie kościuszkowskie 1794" [w:] "Trzy powstania narodowe", Warszawa 1994;4. R.H. Lord, "Drugi rozbiór Polski", Warszawa 1984 (dodatek, "Trzeci rozbiór Polski");5. J. Łojek, "Wokół sporów i polemik", Lublin 1991 (rozdział 6, "Cienie w portrecie bohatera");6. W. Mikuła, "Maciejowice 1794", Warszawa 1991;7. J. Skowronek, "Książę Józef Poniatowski", Wrocław 1984 (rozdział 4, "Honor żołnierski, brabanckie zapusty i narodowa insurekcja");8. A. Storozynski, "Kościuszko. Książę chłopów", Warszawa 2011 (rozdziały 12-13);9. S. Szenic, "Większy niż król ten książę", Warszawa 1976 (rozdziały 31-33);10. B. Szyndler, "Racławice 1794", Warszawa 2009;11. K. Zbyszewski, "Niemcewicz od przodu i tyłu", Warszawa 1999 (rozdziały 72-90);12. Z. Zielińska, "Ostatnie lata Pierwszej Rzeczypospolitej, Warszawa 1986 (rozdział 5, "O wolność, całość, niepodległość");13. wiki: "Batavian Republic", "Battle of Fleurs (1794)", "Battle of Mouscron", "Battle of Tourcoing", "Campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Flandres campaign", "Insurekcja kościuszkowska", "Peace of Basel", "War of the First Coalition".

In this episode we're stepping aboard a legend. A ship built from 6,000 trees, 27 miles of rigging and 4 acres of sail. She fought in the American and French Revolutionary Wars and came to symbolise the Britain's dominance of the world-ocean as she battled to keep them free. But it was in 1805, with Admiral Nelson at the helm, that she sailed into the history books. With her 104 guns fully loaded and at the ready she led the Royal Navy into action at the world defining Battle of Trafalgar.To help support this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNeil's Patreon site is packed full of history, comment and current affairs videos. Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter - https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en YouTube Channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

O ostatnim wielkim przedsięwzięciu Gustawa III oraz o niemniej wielkich projektach paryskiej żyrondy i polskich emigrantów.Bibliografia:1. Z. Anusik, M. Karkocha, "Zamach na życie króla Szwecji Gustawa III w świetle polskojęzycznej prasy warszawskiej z 1792 roku", Przegląd Nauk Historycznych 2/2019;2. W. Kępka-Mariański, "Insurekcja Warszawska 1794", Warszawa 2012 (rozdział 1: "Rzeczpospolita i jej stolica po klęsce w wojnie 1792 r.";3. R. H. Lord, "Drugi rozbiór Polski", Warszawa 1984 (rozdział 19: "Stosunek Anglii i Francji do rozbioru Polski");4. A. Storozynski, "Kościuszko. Książę Chłopów", Warszawa 2011 (rozdział 11: "Arystokraci zdrajcy");5. B. Szyndler, "Racławice 1794", Warszawa 2009 (rozdziały 4 i 5);6. wiki [en]: "Battle of Neerwinden (1793)"; "Campaigns of 1792 in the French Revolutionary Wars"; "Campaigns of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars"; "Charles François Dumouriez"; "Flanders campaign"; "French expedition to Sardinia"; "Gustav III"; "Timeline of the French Revolution"; "War of the First Coalition".

What happened on this day? The Second Coalition was a set of alliances and commitments established between several European powers (including the Ottoman Empire) that confronted France in the final phase of the French Revolution. The Habsburg Monarchy included the territories governed by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine, between 1745 and 1867/1918. The First French Republic was proclaimed on September 21, 1792, through the National Convention, as a process of the French Revolution. The Battle of Winterthur was an important battle between elements of the Danube Army and forces of the Habsburg army, commanded by Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze, during the Second Coalition wars, in the context of the French Revolutionary Wars. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/manuel-francisco-velez/message

This week we're heading back to the late 18th and early 19th century, when Europe was ravaged by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic War, named after French military general and self-appointed emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. On the bicentenary of his death, we're joined by senior properties historian, Paul Pattison, and keeper of the Wellington Collection at Apsley House, Josephine Oxley, to discuss Napoleon's life, legacy and defeat – and the heritage sites built here in England to defend against his threats of invasion. To learn more about the Wellington Collection at Apsley House, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/apsley

Military historian and author Philip Ball discusses his experience researching and writing his book Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Flanders Campaign 1793-1795 (2020), as well as his reflections on the odd vagaries - and odd personalities - of the period. Link: https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/neither-up-nor-down-the-british-army-and-the-flanders-campaign-1793-1795.php?sid=92ffb898ebcf3de91cb88867ffdd748a

1792. April, May, June: three months in which the French Revolutionary Wars begin in earnest… the Haitian Slave Revolt takes a turn for the worse… and Russian forces intent on crushing the Poles begin rolling westwards towards Warsaw. This is episode two of the Napoleonic Quarterly, and swords are being unsheathed across the European mainland. [08:00] - Rafe Blaufarb on the state of the French military as the Revolution goes to war [26:43] - Christy Pichichero on the Haitian Slave Revolt and how the French colony of Saint Domingue was plunged into turmoil [48:29] - Adam Zamoyski on the crisis in eastern Europe leading to the Russo-Polish War of 1792 And throughout, Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze offer their commentary and expert analysis on the overall situation.

O tym, jak trzymiesięczny europejski pokój dobiegł końca i jak dwaj niedoszli polscy monarchowie zbierali wojska nad granicami. Bibliografia:1. Sz. Askenazy, "Przymierze Polsko-Pruskie", Lwów 1918 (rozdział 4: "Zerwanie");2. P. Chastain Howe, "Foreign Policy and the French Revolution: Charles‐François Dumouriez, Pierre LeBrun, and the Belgian Plan, 1789–1793", Nowy Jork 2008 (rozdziały 4-5);3. P. Derdej, "Zieleńce-Mir-Dubienka 1792", Warszawa 2008 (rozdziały: 1, 3, 4);4. W. Doyle, "The Oxford History of the French Revolution", Nowy Jork 2018 (rozdziały 8-9);5. F. Ch. Montague i A. W. Holland, "French Revolution, The" w: Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911;6. R.H. Lord "Drugi rozbiór Polski", Warszawa 1984 (rozdziały: 10.4, 11.3, 11.5-12.2);7. J. Łojek, "Geneza i obalenie Konstytucji 3 Maja", Lublin 1986 (rozdziały 2.8-3.1");8. J.B. O'Brien, "The Life and Character of Maximilian Robespierre", Londyn 1873 (rozdział 15);9. W. Smoleński, "Konfederacya targowicka", Kraków 1903 (rozdział 2: "Przygotowania inwazyi i obrony");10. W. Smoleński, "Ostatni rok Sejmu Wielkiego", Poznań 2006 (rozdziały 11-15); 11. S. Szenic, "Większy niż król ten książę", Warszawa 1976 (rodział 13 "Przygotowania obronne");12. A. Wolański, "Wojna Polsko-Rosyjska 1792 roku", Oświęcim 2019 (wstęp, rodziały 1.1.1-1.1.6, 2.1.") ;13. K. Zbyszewski, "Niemcewicz od przodu i tyłu", Warszawa 1999 (rozdziały 60, 61, 63);14. wiki (en): "Assignat", "Battle of Marquain (1792)" , "Battle of Quiévrain (1792)" "Belgian Legion (1792)", "Campaigns of the 1792 in the French Revolutionary Wars", "Charles Francois Dumouriez"; "Committee of United Belgians and Liégeois", "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen", "Feuillant (political group)", "French Revolution, "French Revolutionary Wars", "Girondins", "Jan Frans Vonck", "Louis XVI and the Legislative Assembly", "Maximilien Robespierre", "La Marseillaise", "National Legislative Assembly, France", "Olympe de Gouges", "Self-denying Ordinance (French Revolution)", "Symbolism in the French Revolution", "Timeline of the French Revolution".

Today in History: The Columbine Massacre occurs. Deepwater Horizon Oil Platform explodes. Korean Airlines plane shot down. Apollo 16 lands on moon. French Revolutionary Wars begin.  

What If the french monarchy stayed in controlled after the french revolutionary wars?  How would Europe look?  Does Napoleon ever come into power?  If not, how does this change  Europe?  How would this impact America?  Does the Louisiana Purchase happen?  The Doctor Phillip Reese is joined by Gary Girod, host of The French History Podcast, to discuss this what if event. About Gary - Gary Girod is the creator and host of the French History Podcast, a podcast that traces the history of France from 3 million years ago to present. He is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Houston who recently had an article published in Labor History, one of the top journals in the world for working-class studies. He is also a fiction author with his debut novel 'The Maiden Voyage of New York City' coming out this May.Find out more about The French History PodcastWebsiteFacebookRedditTwitter Find out more about History's What If PodcastWebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitter

During the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte charged the people of France with the development of a code that could not be cracked by their enemies. A single code was determined to be unbreakable, but was rejected by the military on the basis of it being too hard for the soldiers to understand. In the book of Isaiah, God says “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”The developer of the code did not get discouraged by the military’s rejection. Instead, he made a few changes and tried again, this time presenting it to a different audience, an audience that still uses the code today … A code that has taken on the last name of its inventor, Louis Braille.Our best-laid plans may not turn out the way we intended, and God’s plans in our lives may be different than what we had envisioned. But if we trust in Him, and faithfully follow where He leads, His peace and joy will rest on us.

In this gourmet era, canned food doesn’t get much respect. But that humble tin of chicken soup in the pantry has a fascinating backstory. Canning was invented to feed soldiers during the French Revolutionary Wars. And the commercial canning industry that followed was, at first, a dicey business. Historian Anna Zeide talks about her new book, “Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry.”

An income tax is a defining feature of modern government policy and economics. Yet it is, by necessity, a modern invention, as it requires most people to have a consistent income and a government that can track incomes and taxation. It also had to be brought about by someone with a willingness to change the way taxation works and in a situation that needed more govermental revenue. Thus, it is perfectly sensible that a Prime Minister as forward looking and efficient as William Pitt the Younger would introduce the first modern income tax during the French Revolutionary Wars. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington, would end the war and repeal the tax, but have to reintroduce the income tax when war returned. From that point on, income tax was always an option, and would become a feature of the British government (and most other governments) within one hundred years.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the conference convened by the victorious powers of the Napoleonic Wars and the earlier French Revolutionary Wars, which had devastated so much of Europe over the last 25 years. The powers aimed to create a long lasting peace, partly by redrawing the map to restore old boundaries and partly by balancing the powers so that none would risk war again. It has since been seen as a very conservative outcome, reasserting the old monarchical and imperial orders over the growth of liberalism and national independence movements, and yet also largely successful in its goal of preventing war in Europe on such a scale for another 100 years. Delegates to Vienna were entertained at night with lavish balls, and the image above is from a French cartoon showing Russia, Prussia, and Austria dancing to the bidding of Castlereagh, the British delegate. With Kathleen Burk Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London Tim Blanning Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and John Bew Professor in History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King's College London Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the conference convened by the victorious powers of the Napoleonic Wars and the earlier French Revolutionary Wars, which had devastated so much of Europe over the last 25 years. The powers aimed to create a long lasting peace, partly by redrawing the map to restore old boundaries and partly by balancing the powers so that none would risk war again. It has since been seen as a very conservative outcome, reasserting the old monarchical and imperial orders over the growth of liberalism and national independence movements, and yet also largely successful in its goal of preventing war in Europe on such a scale for another 100 years. Delegates to Vienna were entertained at night with lavish balls, and the image above is from a French cartoon showing Russia, Prussia, and Austria dancing to the bidding of Castlereagh, the British delegate. With Kathleen Burk Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London Tim Blanning Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and John Bew Professor in History and Foreign Policy at the War Studies Department at King's College London Producer: Simon Tillotson.

Air intelligence did not begin with the Wright Brothers. It initially became possible because of the Montgolfier brothers' first manned balloon flight on 21 November 1783. Count Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes ascended up to 3,000 feet in a hot air balloon and traveled for five miles (see model above you). Eleven years later, the French first used the balloon in combat. The Battle of Fleurus took place in June 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French defeated the Austrian Army, in part, because they could see the enemy's troop movements from above. The gas-filled balloon L'Entreprenant stayed at 1,700 feet for over eight hours, delivering messages in bags with ballast on rings down the tether lines and via semaphore. During the American Civil War, men like Thaddeus Lowe also used the balloon to collection intelligence. Like today's satellites and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), the intelligence sensor collected what the warfighter needed and delivered it down the line, enabling the leaders to correctly deploy troops in response and win the battle. The Wright Brothers understood the potential of air intelligence. After Wilbur made the first “practical” long, circular flight at Huffman Prairie in October 1905, the property's owner, Torrence Huffman, asked him, “What's it good for?” Wilbur answered, “War.” Even the Wright Brothers realized their new invention's potential reconnaissance value. When the Army purchased the Model 1909 Flyer in 1909, the first fixed-wing military aircraft became a reality. The 1909 Flyer put the U.S. Army in the history books as the first operator of a fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft. However, it was the Italians that first used fixed-wing aircraft in combat.

Adam talks about the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleon's invasion of Italy. At the end of the episode we answer questions from listeners.

Mark Ormrod examines the reign of Edward III and Sam Willis takes us back to a major naval battle in the French Revolutionary Wars. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.