1798 CE: The French Republic invades the Papal States. The Roman Republic is established as a French puppet state and Pope Pius IV is taken back to France as a prisoner

1798 CE - 1801 CE: Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria serves as a catalyst for the formation of the Second Coalition.

1798 CE: The French fleet anchored at Aboukir Bay is completely destroyed by a British fleet under Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.

1798 CE - 1802 CE: The War of the Second Coalition.

1799 CE: French General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan is defeated by a larger Austrian army under Archduke Charles at the Battle of Stockach.

1799 CE: Russian Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov takes command of Allied forces in Italy.

1799 CE: The French are defeated at the Battle of Novi; General Barthélemy Joubert is killed.

1799 CE: The Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, led by the Duke of York, ends in failure.

1799 CE: Suvorov crosses the Alps, but arrives in Switzerland too late to aid the Allies.

1799 CE: The Second Battle of Zurich results in a French victory against an Austro-Russian army.

1800 CE: First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte narrowly defeats an Austrian army at the Battle of Marengo.

1800 CE: French General Jean-Victor Moreau beats the Austrians at the Battle of Hohenlinden.

1801 CE: The British attack a Danish fleet at the First Battle of Copenhagen, because of Denmark's participation in the League of Armed Neutrality.

1802 CE: The French Republic and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Amiens, ending hostilities between the two nations.