8. Italy during the French Revolution. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

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8. Italy during the French Revolution
1790

Filippo Buonarroti, a student and later a radical leader, moved to Corsica and started the Giornale patriottico di Corsica (Patriotic Journal of Corsica).	1

1794–95

A series of attempted revolutions organized in Piedmont, Bologna, Palermo, and Sardinia.	2

1796–97

Napoleon's military campaigns in Italy met with tremendous success (See 1796–97).	3

1796, Oct.–1797, March

A series of conferences in Italy to write the constitution of a Cispadane (south of the Po) Republic. The Cispadane Republic was merged into the Cisalpine Republic (1797: Milan, Modena, Ferrara, Bologna, Romagna).	4

1797, June

Genoa formed its own republic.	5

1798

Roman Republic formed, although it remained primarily a French protectorate. It recognized Jewish equality.	6

1799

Piedmont annexed to France.	7

1799, Jan

Neapolitan Republic formed. It lasted just five months. Austrian and Russian troops entered Italy and the republics met with resistance throughout the countryside.	8

1800

The Battle of Marengo (See 1800) enabled Napoleon to begin retaking Italy.	9

1802

Lyons. The Italian Republic declared. It would become the Italian Kingdom when the empire was established.	10

1805

After the Italian legislators requested decreases in taxes, Napoleon dissolved the legislature, never calling it again.	11


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