Editing History of Croatia (section)

==== Napoleonic Wars ====
[[File:Granica Ilirskih pokrajina Zagreb.jpg|thumb|200x200px|A border marking of Illyrian Provinces on Sava river shores in modern-day [[Zagreb]].]]
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As [[Napoleon]]'s armies started to dominate Europe, Croatian lands came into contact with the French as well. When Napoleon abolished the [[Republic of Venice]] in 1797, former Venetian possessions in [[Dalmatia]] came under Habsburg rule. In 1809, as Napoleon defeated the Austrians in the [[Battle of Wagram]], French-controlled territory eventually expanded to the [[Sava]] river. The French founded the "[[Illyrian Provinces]]" centered in [[Ljubljana]] and appointed Marshal [[Auguste de Marmont]] as their governor-general. The French presence brought the liberal ideas of the [[French Revolution]] to the Croats. The French founded [[Masonic lodge]]s, built infrastructure, and printed the first newspapers in the local language in Dalmatia. Called ''[[Il Regio Dalmata – Kraglski Dalmatin|Kraglski Datmatin/Il Regio Dalmata]]'', it was printed in both Italian and Croatian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=eZadar |title=Na današnji dan 12. srpnja 1806. godine izašle prve novine na hrvatskom jeziku Kraglski Dalmatin |url=https://ezadar.net.hr/kultura/4258790/na-danasnji-dan-12-srpnja-1806-godine-izasle-prve-novine-na-hrvatskom-jeziku-kraglski-dalmatin/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=ezadar.net.hr |date=12 July 2022 |language=hr}}</ref> Croatian soldiers accompanied Napoleon in his conquests as far as Russia. In 1808, Napoleon abolished the [[Republic of Ragusa]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jagačić |first=Boris |date=2013-08-27 |title=Napoleon ukida Dubrovačku Republiku |url=https://zg-magazin.com.hr/napoleon-ukida-dubrovacku-republiku/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=ZG-magazin |language=hr-HR |archive-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222012116/https://zg-magazin.com.hr/napoleon-ukida-dubrovacku-republiku/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ottomans from Bosnia raided French Croatia and occupied the area of [[Cetingrad]] in 1809. Auguste de Marmont reacted by occupying Bihać on 5 May 1810. After the Ottomans promised to stop raiding French territories and withdraw from the Cetingrad, he withdrew from Bihać.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mittheilungen des k.u.k. Kriegs-Archivs - Supplement (1892) &#124; Könyvtár &#124; Hungaricana |url=https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/MitKuKKriegsArch_1892_Supplement/?pg=33&layout=s |website=library.hungaricana.hu}}</ref>

With the fall of Napoleon, the French-controlled Croatian lands came back under Austrian rule.