Following the French Revolution of the 1780's, in 1792 Revolutionary France declared war on Prussia, Austria and Sardinia as a means of distracting it's people from the chaos in France. 
After taking Savoy, Nice and the Austrian Netherlands France also declared war on Holland, Britain and Spain.
By 1793 France faced a coalition of European powers combined with French Royalists who had also began a counter revolt in western France, all were determined to crush the revolution.  
In the east Prussia, Austria and Russia also turn their attention to the division of Poland.  
In the Balkans many Ottoman governors have revolted and the Ottoman Empire is torn by internal strife.
