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Data
Name: Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Type: Polity
Start: 1545 AD
End: 1859 AD
Nation: parma and piacenza
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Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
This article is about the specific polity Duchy of Parma and Piacenza and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was an Italian state that existed from 1545 to 1859, with an interruption from 1808 to 1814 when it was annexed to the First French Empire and transformed into a department. The duchy was first governed by the Farnese dynasty and, from 1731, by that of the Bourbon-Parma.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. War of Castro
Were a series of wars over the Duchy of Castro, a small independent state in central Italy. The duchy was eventually inglobated into the Papal States.
Was the first of two wars over the Duchy of Castro, a small independent state in central Italy.
2. War of the Polish Succession
Was a major European conflict sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II of Poland.
2.1.French Invasion of northern Italy
Was the French invasion of northern Italy during the War of the Polish Succession.
Was the treaty that ended the War of the Polish Succession. Augustus III was officially confirmed as King of Poland.
3. War of the Austrian Succession
Was a European conflict caused by the succession to the Habsburg Domains. Maria Theresa succeeded her father Charles VI, and the opposition to female inheritance of the throne was a pretext for starting a war. It was a global conflict that saw fight in Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
Was the treaty that ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen.
4. 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.
4.1.War of the First Coalition
Were a series of wars between the Kingdom of France (later the French Republic) and several European Monarchies. The French Revolution had deteriorated the relations of France with the other European countries, that tried several times to invade France in order to crash the revolutionary government.
Was a treaty between France and Austria that ended the War of the First Coalition.
4.2.War of the Second Coalition
Was the second war that saw revolutionary France against most of the European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria, and Russia, and including the Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples, and various German monarchies. Prussia did not join this coalition, and Spain supported France.
4.2.1.Suvorov Italian campaign
Was a military campaign led by Russian general Alexander Suvorov against France that took place in Italy.
Was a treaty between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Empire that formally ended the partecipation of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire in the War of the Second Coalition.
4.3.War of the Sixth Coalition
Was a war between France and a a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, and a number of German States. The coalition emerged after the decimation of the French army in the French invasion of Russia. The coalition ultimately invaded France and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.
Was the treaty that ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
5. Treaty of Florence (1844)
Was a treaty between the Grans Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza where the borders between these countries were simplified though the exchange of several exclaves/enclaves in their territories.
6. Wars of Italian Unification
Was a series of conflicts that led to the unification of the Italian Peninsula into the Kingdom of Italy. It includes the three wars considered the three independency wars of Italy, in addition to a series of military operations like the Expedition of the Thousand and the Sardinian military campaign in Central Italy.
6.1.First Italian War of Independence
Was the first of the three traditional Italian Wars of Independence. It was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire but it did not led to any territorial modification.
6.1.1.Modena and Parma Operation
Was an Austrian military operation by prince Franz Joachim von Liechtenstein to restore the deposed dukes of Parma and Modena. .
