The Bolognese Republic was procloaimed in 1796 in the coty of Bologna.It was a French client republic and it was anexed by the Cispadane Republic on 16th october 1796. It had 9 consuls and its head was the "Presidentes del Magistrato", an office held for four months by one of the consuls. 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulaggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po River and the Apennines. ... During Napoleons invasions to Italy,many client (puppet) republics were established. ... Flag of the Repubblica Cispadana The Cispadane Republic (Repubblica Cispadana) was a short-lived republic located in Northen Italy, founded in 1796 with the protection of the French army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte. ...
The Romagna was ecclesiastical territory, and every one of its cities added to the Venetian republic was lost to the papacy.
Unable to cope alone with the powerful Republic of Venice, he reluctantly joined the League of Cambrai on 23 March, 1509.
FRATI, Le due spedizioni militari di Giulio II tratte dal Diario di Paris de Grassis Bolognese con documenti (Bologna, 1886), and DÖLLINGER, Beiträge zur politischen, kirchlichen und Kultur-Geschichte der secks letzten Jahrhunderte, III (Ratisbon and Vienna, 1882), 363 sq.
While the Republic was daily strengthening its authority and improving its moral position, the armies of Austria, Naples, Spain and France were hastening by sea and land to its overthrow.
He was to effect the occupation of the capital as a friend, although if the inhabitants were so absurd as to object to the entrance of a foreign army within their walls, he must employ the necessary amount of force.
The young Bolognese cavaliers, though noted for fearless gallantry, were not seasoned veterans; their horses were young and untrained: they came bolting back at a pace which so aroused the indignation of Garibaldi that, regardless of dynamics, he reined up athwart their path.