Austrian occupation of Genoa

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The Austrian occupation of Genoa was an 18th-century military control of the Republic of Genoa by Habsburg Austria, remembered in Italian history for sparking popular resistance symbolized by the legendary figure of Balilla.

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Austrian occupation of Genoa canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
conflict War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
conflictType foreign occupation ⓘ
countryInvolved Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
describedBySource Italian historiography ⓘ
endTime 1746 ⓘ
followedBy Genoese restoration of control over the city ⓘ
hasCause Austrian military campaign in northern Italy ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
hasConsequence mythologization of Balilla in later Italian nationalism ⓘ
strengthening of Genoese civic identity ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact inspiration for patriotic narratives about Balilla ⓘ
symbol of popular resistance in Italian national memory ⓘ
hasEffect expulsion of Austrian troops from Genoa ⓘ
popular uprising in Genoa ⓘ
hasPart Austrian capture of Genoa in 1746 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Italy ⓘ
Liguria ⓘ
location Genoa ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
occupyingPower Austria ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
opponent Genoese insurgents ⓘ
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
participant Austrian army ⓘ
Genoese population ⓘ
partOf Italian campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
history of Austria in Italy ⓘ
history of the Republic of Genoa ⓘ
pointInTime 18th century ⓘ
rememberedFor legend of Balilla ⓘ
spark of popular resistance in Genoa ⓘ
significantEvent Genoese popular revolt of December 1746 ⓘ
significantFigure Balilla ⓘ
startTime 1746 ⓘ
temporalContext mid-18th century Europe ⓘ

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Balilla → associatedWith → Austrian occupation of Genoa ⓘ
Giovan Battista Perasso → associatedWith → Austrian occupation of Genoa ⓘ