Russia at the turn of the 19th centuryWars and battles
Suvorov’s Italian campaign
In four months the Russo-Austrian army of Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov drove the French out of almost all of northern Italy, winning victories on the Adda, on the Trebbia and at Novi.
- Date
- 3 (14) April 1799 – 31 August (11 September) 1799exact date · duration: ≈ 5 monthsJulian calendar (Old Style); the Gregorian date (New Style) is in brackets
- Place
- Veronatoday: Verona, Italy · Western and Central Europe
- Route
- Verona → Cassano d’Adda → Milan → Turin → Trebbia River → Novi → Asti
- Participants
- Russian Empire, Habsburg monarchy, French First Republic, Alexander Suvorov, Pyotr Bagration
- Threads
- Russia at the turn of the 19th century, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
The campaign was part of the War of the Second Coalition. Suvorov arrived in Verona on 3 (14) April 1799, entered Milan on 18 (29) April and took Turin in May; in June he defeated Macdonald’s army in a three-day battle on the Trebbia, and in August Joubert’s army at Novi. Paul I granted the commander the title of Prince Italiysky (“of Italy”).
Connections
Consequences
- Suvorov’s Swiss campaign10 (21) September 1799 – 27 September (8 October) 1799 · Western and Central Europe
Related events
- Siege and capture of Corfu24 October (4 November) 1798 – 20 February (3 March) 1799 · Balkans and Anatoliaboth operations were part of the War of the Second Coalition; after Corfu, Ushakov’s squadron operated off the coast of Italy
- Voltaic pile20 March 1800 · Western and Central Europewhen Austro-Russian troops returned Lombardy to Austria in 1799, the University of Pavia was closed; Volta went back to Como and built the pile at the end of that year
- Battle of Marengo14 June 1800 · Western and Central EuropeFrance won back northern Italy, which it had lost in 1799
Same participants
- Kościuszko Uprising24 March – 16 November 1794 · Western and Central Europevia Alexander Suvorov
- Italian campaign of 1796–179710 April 1796 – 17 October 1797 · Western and Central Europevia Habsburg monarchy
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Latin America
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