Historical place archive

Rivoli in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rivoli in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records2 event labels3 people1797–1808

Historical events in Rivoli

1797

14 January 1797
Battle of Rivoli
Andre Massena · Revolution of France

Massena's troops marched hard and fought at Rivoli, helping defeat the final Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua.

14 January 1797
Battle of Rivoli
Louis-Gabriel Suchet · Revolutionary Wars

Fights at the Battle of Rivoli

14 January 1797
Battle of Rivoli
Napoleon I · Revolution of France

Napoleon defeated the Austrian relief army at Rivoli, breaking the final major attempt to relieve Mantua.

1808

1808
Peerage
Andre Massena · Military

Created Duke of Rivoli

Provenance

About these place records

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