Republic of the Seven United Islands (France)

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Was a French protectorate. Formerly a Russian-Ottoman protectorate comprising the seven Ionian Islands, it was occupied by the First French Empire in accordance with the Treaty of Tilsit. After the defeat of Napoleon, the islands became a British protectorate.

Establishment

July 1807: The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland. The first was signed on 7 July, between Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon I of France.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1.War of the Fourth Coalition

Was a war between the French Empire and a coalition of European monarchies, mainly Prussia and Russia.

1.1.1.Peace of Tilsit

Were a series of treaties that ended the War of the Fourth Coalition.

1.2.Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814

Was the theatre of war in the Adriatic Sea during the Napoleonic Wars.

October 1809: In 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars, HMS Warrior, commanded by Captain William Hoste, successfully landed on the island of Cephalonia and forced the Neapolitan garrison to surrender. This marked the beginning of Great Britain's military occupation of the territory.

October 1809: The islands of Zante and Ithaca surrendered to the British forces led by Sir James St. Clair-Erskine.

October 1809: In 1809, the detached frigate HMS Spartan, commanded by Jahleel Brenton, successfully invaded Cerigo, which was under Ottoman control at the time. This military occupation was part of the British efforts during the Napoleonic Wars to control strategic locations in the Mediterranean.

April 1810: The island of Santa Maura, also known as Lefkada, surrendered to the British forces on 16 April 1810.

May 1814: The abdication of Napoleon in early April 1814 brought the War of the Sixth Coalition to a close. Corfu, the longest-held French territory in the Adriatic surrendered and was added to the United States of the Ionian Islands under British protection.

1.3.Congress of Vienna

Was a series of international diplomatic meetings after the end of the Napoleonic wars whose aim was a long-term peace plan for Europe. It redraw the borders of Europe and partially restored the Monarchies of the pre-revolutionary period.

November 1815: The British gradually took control of the islands, and following the Treaty of Paris, the islands were formally organised into the United States of the Ionian Islands under British protection.