France declares war on Great Britain and the Netherlands, on February 1, 1793 expanding the French Revolutionary Wars and marking the beginning of the War of the First Coalition. The execution of French King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, led other European monarchies such as Britain and other powers to form the coalition to contain the spread of the revolution.
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