14 January 1797Battle of RivoliAndre Massena Essling
Massena's troops marched hard and fought at Rivoli, helping defeat the final Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua.
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Massena's troops marched hard and fought at Rivoli, helping defeat the final Austrian attempt to relieve Mantua.
Napoleon defeated the Austrian relief army at Rivoli, breaking the final major attempt to relieve Mantua.
Fights at the Battle of Rivoli
Massena fought at La Favorita after Rivoli as French forces completed the defeat of the Austrian relief effort around Mantua.
Mantua capitulated to Napoleon's forces, completing a decisive phase of the Italian campaign against Austria.
Wurmser surrenders his Army of Italy & Mantua to Bonaparte
Defeats the Austrians under Archduke Charles
Commands a cavalry brigade under General Ney
The armistice of Judenbourg is concluded after the Battle of Tagliamento
The Treaty of Loeben is concluded after the armistice of Judenbourg
An attacker shot Sieyes in the wrist during an assassination attempt, but he survived the attack.
Jourdan was elected to the Council of Five Hundred for Haute-Vienne after returning to political life.
Hoche crosses the River Rhine
Napoleon agreed preliminary peace terms with Austria at Leoben after advancing toward the Habsburg heartlands.
Barras confronted a legislature strengthened by royalist electoral gains and increasingly feared a reversal of the republican settlement.
Executed for advocating the Constitution of 1793. Death of Francois Noel Babeuf, executed for advocating the Constitution of 1793
Death of Francois Noel Babeuf, executed for advocating the Constitution of 1793
Executed for advocating the Constitution of 1793
Massena was appointed commander of the First Division during the reorganisation of the Army of Italy.
Creates the Cisalpine Republic
Talleyrand became Minister of Foreign Relations with support from Barras, despite opposition from Carnot and Barthelemy.
Carnot opposed plans for an anti-royalist coup by fellow Directors as conflict intensified between the executive and elected councils.
As foreign minister, Talleyrand promoted peace while seeking to strengthen French commercial and strategic influence.
During the Fructidor coup, forces supporting Barras arrested leading royalist deputies and Director Barthelemy.
Removed from the Committee of Public Safety
Carries through the coup of 18 Fructidor, putting into place the Directory
Royalist movements are banished & many deputies move to Cayenne
Supports the Coup of 18th Fructidor
Barras backed the coup of 18 Fructidor and used troops under Augereau to remove royalist opponents from political power.
Removed from the Committee of Public Safety
Carnot escaped arrest during the Fructidor coup and went into hiding before leaving France.
After the coup of Fructidor, Tallien attempted to moderate the treatment of some politicians targeted by the victorious Directory.
The coup of 18 Fructidor included Carnot in the proscription because he had opposed the action taken by Barras and allied Directors.
Napoleon sent General Augereau to support the Directory during the anti-royalist coup of 18 Fructidor.
La Revelliere-Lepeaux helped drive the anti-royalist coup of 18 Fructidor after electoral gains threatened the republican Directory.
Sieyes supported the victorious anti-royalist side during the coup of 18 Fructidor.
After the Fructidor coup, Barras helped end the peace negotiations with Britain that had been taking place at Lille.
Carnot reached Switzerland after escaping the Fructidor proscription and continued living outside France.
Talleyrand issued diplomatic arguments defending the coup of Fructidor after the Directory defeated its royalist opponents.
After the Fructidor coup, Sieyes helped draft the decree that proscribed dozens of deputies associated with the defeated opposition.
After Fructidor, Carnot was stripped of his Directorial office, legislative status and place in the Institut de France.
Austria receives Venice, Dalmatia & Istria
Austria recognizes the Cisalpine Republic & cedes the left bank of the Rhine to France
France gains Belgian provinces
Napoleon concluded the Treaty of Campo Formio with Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition between France and Austria.
Sieyes became president of the Council of Five Hundred for a one-month term.
The Congress of Rastadt opened as France pursued a wider settlement after Campo Formio, with Napoleon associated with the negotiations.
Napoleon returned to Paris after the Italian campaign, receiving public attention for his military victories and diplomatic achievements.
Napoleon was elected to the Institut de France in the class of physical and mathematical sciences.
Talleyrand cultivated Bonaparte after the Italian victories and used his influence inside the Directory to support the general's political standing.
Distinguishes himself under Bernadotte in the capture of Mannheim
Allows the ex-papal states, headed by Bologna, to join the Cisalpine Republic
Appointed Commander of the VII Corps
Appointed Commander of the VII Corps
Flees to Switzerland & Germany during the coup of Fructidor
Heads a new five man group called the Directory which rules Republican France
Flees to Switzerland & Germany during the coup of Fructidor
Appointed Foreign Secretary
Appointed Foreign Secretary
Appointed Head of the Directory
Appointed Head of the Directory
Trys to weaken England by invading Egypt then allying with Turkey
Wishes to weaken England by threatening India overland or by completing the Suez Canal
Explains the long-period inequality in the motions of Jupiter and Saturn through gravitational perturbations.
Napoleon establishes his 2nd Italian state. Burns the "Libro dOro", a book of blue blood
Austria recognizes the Italian Republics & France gains the Ionian Islands
The Treaty is ratified at Rastadt
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