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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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