Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples
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The Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples was an invasion of Naples
in 1805 by British
and Imperial Russian forces during the War of the Third Coalition. It ended in early 1806 with Napoleon I of France
's conquest of the Kingdom of Naples
.
It followed a coöperation in July 1799 between Horatio Nelson and Admiral Ushakov
in the reconquest of Naples and suppression of the Parthenopaean Republic
.
History of Naples
The history of Naples is long and varied, beginning in the 9th-century BCE Greeks colonized many parts of south Italy. Naples was one of the latter cities founded in the Magna Graecia, founded as "Parthenope" in the sixth century B.C. It was a second-generation colony, in that it was settled by the...
in 1805 by British
United Kingdom
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and Imperial Russian forces during the War of the Third Coalition. It ended in early 1806 with Napoleon I of France
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
's conquest of the Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples, comprising the southern part of the Italian peninsula, was the remainder of the old Kingdom of Sicily after secession of the island of Sicily as a result of the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. Known to contemporaries as the Kingdom of Sicily, it is dubbed Kingdom of...
.
It followed a coöperation in July 1799 between Horatio Nelson and Admiral Ushakov
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov was the most illustrious Russian naval commander and admiral of the 18th century.- Life and naval career :...
in the reconquest of Naples and suppression of the Parthenopaean Republic
Parthenopaean Republic
The Parthenopean Republic was a French-supported republic in the territory of the Kingdom of Naples, formed during the French Revolutionary Wars after King Ferdinand IV fled before advancing French troops...
.
External links
- Pagedas, Constantine A., 'Counterpoint to Trafalgar: The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Naples, 1805-1806 (review)' in Mediterranean Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 1, Winter 2005, pp. 120-122