Il Castello di Milano
Napoleonic conquest
| 1796 |
The Castle’s garrison surrenders to Bonaparte. |
| 1799 | The Austro-Russian reconquer Milan and the Austrians occupy the Castle. |
| 1800 | By the treaty of Marengo the Austrian army abandons with military honours the Castle. |
| 1801 | Prompted by the new ideas of freedom of those times the demolition of the Castle is begun, but very soon arrested. |