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Was a kingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) in personal union with Napoleon I's French Empire. It ended with Napoleon's defeat and fall.
Establishment
March 1805: Establishment of the Kingdom of Italy.
October 1805: The French managed to gain a bridgehead over the Adige river at Verona.
October 1805: Between 29 and 31 October, the outnumbered French defeated the superior Austrian army in the battle of Caldiero.
November 1805: By November 14th, 1805 the French armies had reached the Isonzo but the army of Archduke Charles of Austria prevented them to cross the river.
December 1805: Territorial changes after the Peace of Pressburg.
December 1805: French evacuation of occupied territories after the Peace of Pressburg.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
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.
January 1807: The imperial fief of Sorbello is mediatizated by Napoleon.
January 1807: Napoleon awarded Massa and Carrara to the Principality of Lucca and Piombino.
January 1808: In 1807, Napoleon conquered the County of Carpegna and the County of Scavolino, annexing them to the Kingdom of Italy, a French client state ruled by Napoleon's brother-in-law, Eugène de Beauharnais. This expansion was part of Napoleon's efforts to consolidate his control over Italy.
January 1808: After the Peace of Pressburg in 1805, the territory of the Republic of Ragusa was occupied by France under Napoleon Bonaparte (May 27, 1806). The Republic was ultimately abolished by decree issued by General Marmont on January 31, 1808.
May 1808: The Metauro department was constituted on 11 May 1808, with the separation of the Marches from the State of the Church and their annexation to the Kingdom of Italy.
January 1811: Trento is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1.1.War of the Third Coalition
Was a European conflict spanning the years 1805 to 1806. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I opposed an alliance, the Third Coalition, made up of the United Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Naples, Sicily, and Sweden. Prussia remained neutral during the war.
1.1.1.Venetian front or Italian campaign of 1805
Was the Venetian theatre of the War of the Third Coalition.
1.1.2.Peace of Pressburg
Was the treaty that ended the War of the Third Coalition.
1.2.Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814
Was the theatre of war in the Adriatic Sea during the Napoleonic Wars.
January 1808: In 1807, the Royal Navy, under the command of Admiral William Hoste, seized the Dalmatian Island of Lissa from the French forces. This strategic move was part of the Napoleonic Wars, with Lissa serving as a key naval base in the Mediterranean.
1.3.War of the Fifth Coalition
Was a conflict between a colition of European monarchies and Napoleon's French Empire.
1.3.1.Dalmatian Campaign (1809)
Was the Dalmatian theatre of the War of the Fifth Coalition.
March 1809: In 1809, during the Napoleonic Wars, the French forces led by Marshal Marmont were defeated and driven back to Knin and Zadar by the Austrian Empire under the command of Archduke John of Austria. This marked the beginning of the Austrian military occupation of the territory.
1.3.2.Treaty of Schönbrunn
Was the treaty that ended the War of the Fifth Coalition.
October 1809: The Illyrian Provinces (in French: Gouvernement des Provinces Illyriennes) were a French governorate of the Napoleonic era, a sort of exclave of metropolitan France, created with the union of the territories ceded by the Austrian Empire and the Italian Kingdom Napoleonic empire to the French Empire as a result of the Treaty of Schönbrunn (October 14, 1809).
1.4.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.
January 1814: Görz and Trient are annexed by Austria.
January 1814: After the defeat of Napoleon in Leipzig (Battle of Leipzig), the Papal territories occupied by the French were returned to the Holy See (January 24, 1814).
May 1814: The Vernio County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Carpegna County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Marquisate of Sorbello reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Duchy of Modena-Reggio is restored.
May 1814: The Valtellina, formerly owned by Graubunden, was granted to Austria.
May 1814: The Duchy of Massa in 1814, following the Congress of Vienna, at the time of its maximum expansion after the acquisition of some of the former Malaspina fiefdoms of Lunigiana, assigned the following year to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.
May 1814: The Scavolino County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
1.4.1.Treaty of Paris (1814)
Was the treaty that ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
May 1814: By the Treaty of Paris, May 30, 1814, the House of Savoy was restored to its rights.
Disestablishment
January 1814: Görz and Trient are annexed by Austria.
January 1814: After the defeat of Napoleon in Leipzig (Battle of Leipzig), the Papal territories occupied by the French were returned to the Holy See (January 24, 1814).
May 1814: The Marquisate of Sorbello reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Carpegna County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Scavolino County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Vernio County reacquired its independence at the end of the Napoleonic Domain in Italy.
May 1814: The Duchy of Massa in 1814, following the Congress of Vienna, at the time of its maximum expansion after the acquisition of some of the former Malaspina fiefdoms of Lunigiana, assigned the following year to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio.
May 1814: The Duchy of Modena-Reggio is restored.
May 1814: The Valtellina, formerly owned by Graubunden, was granted to Austria.
May 1814: By the Treaty of Paris, May 30, 1814, the House of Savoy was restored to its rights.
Selected Sources
Delta del Po - Storia, retrieved November, 11th, 2020 on https://web.archive.org/web/20140505001813/http://www.atuttascuola.it/contributi/scienze/delta_del_po6.htm
Phillipson, C. (2008): Termination of War and Treaties of Peace, Clark (USA), p. 273
Preti, V. (1997) Martin Mistère e i segreti del Po (CD-ROM), Leonardo Studio, Italy, animation of the evolution of Po delta
Schneid, F. (2002): Napoleon's Italian campaigns, 1805-1815, Greenwood (USA), pp. 41-42
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