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Former country in Europe
Transpadane Republic
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![Northern Italy in 1796. The Duchy of Milan became the Transpadane Republic after the French occupation of 1796.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Italy_northern_1796.jpg/250px-Italy_northern_1796.jpg) Northern Italy in 1796. The
Duchy of Milan
became the Transpadane Republic after the French occupation of 1796.
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Status
| Sister Republic
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France
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Capital
| Milan
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Government
| Provisional republic
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Historical era
| Napoleonic Era
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| 10 May 1796
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? Proclaimed by Napoleon
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| 29 June 1797
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The
Transpadane Republic
(
Italian
:
Repubblica Transpadana
) was a
sister republic
of
France
established in
Milan
from 1796 to 1797.
History
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On 10 May 1796, the French army defeated the Austrian troops in the
Battle of Lodi
, and occupied the
Duchy of Milan
. Napoleon set up a temporary authority, the
General Administration of Lombardy
, which replaced the Austrian administration and created a
French client republic
in
Northern Italy
, adopting the
French Republican calendar
.
The administration was granted full civil powers by a proclamation of Napoleon on Brumaire 8, year V (29 October 1796), although its orders had to be approved by the French military commander of Lombardy. The administration was composed of four departments: religious and cultural affairs, transportation and engineering affairs, financial and tax affairs, and mercantile and commercial affairs.
After the new victories of Napoleon's army, the territory of the republic grew; with the
Peace of Leoben
on 17 April 1797, France invaded the
Republic of Venice
, conquering
Bergamo
and moving eastwards from the
Adda River
to the
Oglio River
, the Venetian demarcation line established more than three centuries earlier. On 19 May, Napoleon transferred to Milan the territories of the former
Duchy of Modena
from the bordering
Cispadane Republic
. On 29 June, he decided to give the republic a final arrangement: by his own decree, he proclaimed the birth of the
Cisalpine Republic
.
Sources
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