Declaration of Pillnitz: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	August 27, 1791
Location	Holy Roman Empire • Prussia
Context	French Revolution • French Revolutionary wars

Topics

Napoleon I international relations Louis XVI Emancipation Proclamation Fourteen Points Balfour Declaration Tennis Court Oath Proclamation of 1763 Atlantic Charter Declaration of Sentiments Potsdam Declaration Charter Oath Pacification of Ghent

Key People

Frederick William II

Frederick William II

king of Prussia

Leopold II, engraving

Leopold II

Holy Roman emperor