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Fall of the Republic of Venice

1790 CE · Republic of Venice, Europe · War

Fall of the Republic of Venice
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The Republic of Venice was dissolved and dismembered by the French general Napoleon Bonaparte and the Habsburg monarchy on 12 May 1797, ending approximately 1,100 years of its existence. It was the final action of Napoleon's Italian campaign of 1796–1797 before the War of the First Coalition formally ended in October.

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