What the records say
- When
- 11 May 1796 – 12 May 1797
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 42.50° N, 12.50° E
- Description
- 1797 historic event
Fall of the Republic of Venice
Dissolution of the state in 1797
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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