Polity Salzburg Electorate

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Was an electoral principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1803-05, the short-lived successor state of the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg.

Establishment

  • January 1478: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XV century.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

  • February 1803: Salzburg was secularized as an Electorate for Ferdinand III of Tuscany.
  • January 1804: Eichstädt is acquired by the Salzburg Electorate.
  • January 1804: The Berchtesgaden Provostry is acquired by the Salzburg Electorate.
  • January 1806: The Salzburg Electorate is acquired by the Austrian Empire.

1.1. War of the Third Coalition

Was a European conflict spanning the years 1805 to 1806. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I opposed an alliance, the Third Coalition, made up of the United Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, Naples, Sicily, and Sweden. Prussia remained neutral during the war.

1.1.1. Ulm Campaign

Was a series of French and Bavarian military maneuvers and battles to outflank and capture an Austrian army in 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition. It took place in the vicinity of and inside the city of Ulm.

  • December 1805: French forces seized Vienna in November 1805.

1.1.2. Venetian front or Italian campaign of 1805

Was the Venetian theatre of the War of the Third Coalition.

  • November 1805: By November 14th, 1805 the French armies had reached the Isonzo but the army of Archduke Charles of Austria prevented them to cross the river.

1.1.3. Peace of Pressburg

Was the treaty that ended the War of the Third Coalition.

  • December 1805: French evacuation of occupied territories after the Peace of Pressburg.
  • December 1805: The Kingdom of Bavaria was a state in Central Europe. It had its origins in the Peace of Pressburg on December 26, 1805 between the representatives of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the German and Austrian (double) Emperor Franz II./I. concluded peace treaty. On January 1, 1806, King Maximilian I Joseph was proclaimed in Munich.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1787: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XVIII century.

Disestablishment

  • January 1806: The Salzburg Electorate is acquired by the Austrian Empire.

Selected Sources

  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 34-35
  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 46-47
  • Phillipson, C. (2008): Termination of War and Treaties of Peace, Clark (USA), p. 273
  • Schneid, F. (2002): Napoleon's Italian campaigns, 1805-1815, Greenwood (USA), pp. 41-42