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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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| 1796 |
| | | Irish nationalist Wolfe Tone sails from France to invade Ireland with a force of 14,000 French soldiers | |
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| 1797 |
| | | Napoleon marches against Vienna and is only two days from the city when the emperor requests an armistice | |
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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 |
| | | On 18 Fructidor (September 4) Napoleon organizes, from a distance, a coup d'étât in Paris on behalf of three of the Directors | |
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| 1798 |
| | | The US public is outraged by news of the XYZ Affair, in which the French ask for bribes before being willing to negotiate a treaty | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Napoleon abandons his army in Egypt and returns hastily to Paris at a time of great political opportunity | |
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| 1799 |
| | | Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul | |
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