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Showing posts with label Napoleon Bonaparte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleon Bonaparte. Show all posts
4 June 2026

The Siege of Mantua

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Eight-month blockade gave Napoleon control of northern Italy French painter Hippolyte Lecomte's depiction of  Austria's surrender to...
18 January 2026

Austria takes control of Venice

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Soldiers restored calm but became unpopular with the Venetians  The French troops of Napoleon, pictured arriving in St Mark's square, lo...
30 March 2025

Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Naples

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Programme of reform launched to improve lives of citizens Joseph Bonaparte was the older brother of the French emperor Napoleon People took ...
8 November 2023

Andrea Appiani - painter

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The master of the fresco technique became court painter to Napoleon Appiani fell into poverty at the end of  his life despite his notable ca...
10 September 2022

The wedding of Stefano Türr and Adelina Bonaparte

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Hungarian General married Napoleon’s beautiful great niece Türr switched sides after witnessing Austrian cruelty against Italian troops The ...
14 May 2021

Ludovico Manin - the last Doge of Venice

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Surrender to Napoleon ended La Serenissima’s independence  Ludovico Manin was Doge of Venice from 1789 until its fall in 1797  The man who w...
21 March 2019

Pope Pius VII crowned

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Jacques-Louis David's portrait of Pope Pius VII, which is kept at the Louvre in Paris Last papal conclave to take place outside Ro...
11 February 2019

Louis Visconti - architect

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Roman who made his mark on Paris The French painter Théophile Vauchelet's portrait of  the architect Louis Visconti  The archite...