French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsWars and battles
Battle of Marengo
After crossing the Alps with his army, First Consul Bonaparte defeated the Austrians in Piedmont. Austria agreed to an armistice and withdrew its troops from most of Italy.
- Date
- 14 June 1800exact date
- Place
- Marengo (near Alessandria)today: Spinetta Marengo, Piedmont, Italy · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- French First Republic, Habsburg monarchy, Napoleon I
- Threads
- French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
Connections
Related events
- Suvorov’s Italian campaign3 (14) April 1799 – 31 August (11 September) 1799 · Western and Central EuropeFrance won back northern Italy, which it had lost in 1799
- Voltaic pile20 March 1800 · Western and Central Europeafter Marengo Bonaparte reopened the University of Pavia and restored Volta to his chair, and in 1801 Volta demonstrated the pile to him at the Institut de France
Same participants
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Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Eastern Europe
- Assassination of Paul I12 (24) March 1801
Middle East and Egypt
- French invasion of Egypt and Syria19 May 1798 – 2 September 1801
South Asia
- Ranjit Singh proclaimed Maharaja of the Punjab12 April 1801
East Asia
- White Lotus Rebellionbetween 1794 and 1796 – 1804
- Catholic persecution of 1801 in Korea22 February – 10 December 1801
Latin America
- Haitian Revolutionbetween 21 August and 22 August 1791 – 1 January 1804