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| 1794 |
| | | Virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini gives his first public performances, in churches in his native Genoa | |
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| 1796 |
| | | In the armistice of Cherasco the king of Sardinia cedes to France his territories of Savoy and Nice | |
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| 1796 |
| | | Napoleon Bonaparte takes command of the French army of Italy, with astonishingly successful results | |
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| 1796 |
| | | After two rapid victories in north Italy, Napoleon marches on Turin and the king of Sardinia asks for an armistice | |
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| 1796 |
| | | Napoleon creates in northern Italy the Cisalpine Republic, formed from occupied territores including the papal states of Bologna and Ferrara | |
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| 1797 |
| | | In Venice Napoleon deposes the last of the doges and sets up a provisional democracy | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Pope Pius VI is seized by a French army in Rome and is taken off to captivity in France | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France | |
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| 1797 |
| | | By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule | |
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| 1800 |
| | | Italian physicist Alessandro Volta describes to the Royal Society in London how his 'pile' of discs can produce electric current | |
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