VENICE HISTORY

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That marked the beginning of Venice's slow and glorious decline: it fought the Turks in Cyprus (1571-73) and at Candia (1644 - 86), reconquering the Morea for some time (18th century), and humiliated the Barbaresques in Tunis (1784-86).
The Habsburg, eager to unify the Tyrol and Milan, soon became Venice's new mortal enemy, but they only managed to achieve their objective when Napoleon, through the Campoformio Treaty (1797), ceded the old republic to Austria in exchange for the Duchy of Milan.
In 1805 it was annexed to the Neapolitan Kingdom of Italy, in 1813 it was returned to Austria and, following the Vienna Treaty, it became the capital of the supposed Lombard-Venetian Kingdom together with Milan.
In 1848 it rose against the Austrians and was proclaimed Republic by Daniele Manin. On the eve of the Armistice of Salasco it joined the Savoy monarchy. After the restoration of the republic it fought the Austrians till August 1849, which marked the end of a long and memorable seige.
At last the third war of independence (1866) marked its annexation to Italy.