# Battle of Valmy (1792)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-battle-of-valmy
Location: Valmy
Categories: battle

French forces stopped a Prussian advance, boosting the Revolution at a critical moment. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Provisional Executive Council (Transitional revolutionary executive). Battle of Valmy mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Battle of Valmy mattered because it changed the military or territorial balance and influenced the political choices that followed.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Battle of Valmy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Battle+of+Valmy&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Battle of Valmy](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Battle+of+Valmy)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)