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Events relating to italy
Systematic digging begins near Vesuvius, in an area where ancient fragments are often unearthed - soon discovered to be Pompeii
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo begins a series of frescoes to decorate the prince bishop's residence in Würzburg
Francesco Guardi, previously a painter of figures, begins to specialize in view of Venice, his native city
By the time of his death the prolific output of Domenico Scarlatti includes 555 sonatas, all but a few for his own instrument, the harpsichord
Italian anatomist Giovanni Battista Morgagni publishes De Sedibus, the work that introduces scientific pathology
Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order
Italian sculptor Antonio Canova sets up his studio in Rome and begins producing finely modelled nudes in the Greek style
Horatio Nelson, with his ship docked in Naples, meets Lady Hamilton, wife of the British envoy
Virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini gives his first public performances, in churches in his native Genoa
In the armistice of Cherasco the king of Sardinia cedes to France his territories of Savoy and Nice
After two rapid victories in north Italy, Napoleon marches on Turin and the king of Sardinia asks for an armistice
Napoleon creates in northern Italy the Cisalpine Republic, formed from occupied territores including the papal states of Bologna and Ferrara
Napoleon Bonaparte takes command of the French army of Italy, with astonishingly successful results
In Venice Napoleon deposes the last of the doges and sets up a provisional democracy
Pope Pius VI is seized by a French army in Rome and is taken off to captivity in France
Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France
By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule
Italian physicist Alessandro Volta describes to the Royal Society in London how his 'pile' of discs can produce electric current
Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo
Napoleon mends France's fences with Roman Catholicism by agreeing a Concordat with Pope Pius VII
Napoleon has himself crowned king of Italy in the cathedral in Milan
The Carbonari, an Italian group of revolutionaries, make their first appearance in Naples in opposition to French rule
French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres moves to Rome and lives there for 18 years
Napoleon gives the throne of Naples, vacated by his brother Joseph, to Joachim Murat
Napoleon annexes the Papal States and is excommunicated by the pope, Pius VII
