France invades the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a> (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" id="mwYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>.