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| 8. Italy during the French Revolution |
| 1790 |
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| Filippo Buonarroti, a student and later a radical leader, moved to Corsica and started the Giornale patriottico di Corsica (Patriotic Journal of Corsica). | 1 |
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| 1794–95 |
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| A series of attempted revolutions organized in Piedmont, Bologna, Palermo, and Sardinia. | 2 |
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| 1796–97 |
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| Napoleon's military campaigns in Italy met with tremendous success (See 1796–97). | 3 |
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| 1796, Oct.–1797, March |
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| 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 |
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| 1797, June |
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| Genoa formed its own republic. | 5 |
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| 1798 |
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| Roman Republic formed, although it remained primarily a French protectorate. It recognized Jewish equality. | 6 |
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| 1799 |
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| Piedmont annexed to France. | 7 |
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| 1799, Jan |
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| Neapolitan Republic formed. It lasted just five months. Austrian and Russian troops entered Italy and the republics met with resistance throughout the countryside. | 8 |
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| 1800 |
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| The Battle of Marengo (See 1800) enabled Napoleon to begin retaking Italy. | 9 |
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| 1802 |
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| Lyons. The Italian Republic declared. It would become the Italian Kingdom when the empire was established. | 10 |
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| 1805 |
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| After the Italian legislators requested decreases in taxes, Napoleon dissolved the legislature, never calling it again. | 11 |
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