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The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.
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Battle of Rivoli
1797 battle of the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Rivoli was a key military engagement during the War of the First Coalition near the village of Rivoli, then part of the Republic of Venice. In the climax of the Italian campaign of 1796-1797, the outnumbered French Army of Italy commanded by General Napoleon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Napoleon
French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
War of the First Coalition
1792–1797 battles between French revolutionaries and neighbouring monarchies
The War of the First Coalition was a set of wars that several European powers fought between 1792 and 1797, against France. They were only loosely allied and fought without much apparent coordination or agreement; each power had its eye on a different part of France it wanted to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 14
Day of the year
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