Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Humambo hweHabsburg hwakanga hwabatanidza nyika dzeDalmatia mushure meHondo yaNapoleon yeKutanga Mubatanidzwa: apo Napoleon Bonaparte akatanga Mushandirapamwe wake weItaly
muzvigaro zveHabsburg zveMilan neMantua muna 1796, zvichikonzera Kukombwa kweMantua, akamanikidza Mambo Francis II kuita rugare. Muna 1797 Chibvumirano cheCampo Formio chakasainwa, umo mambo weHabsburg akaramba kuva neNetherlands yeAustria uye akabvuma zviri pamutemo kuzvimiririra kweItaly Cisalpine Republic. Somubayiro, Napoleon akamupa zvinhu zveRepublic of Venice, kubatanidza mhenderekedzo yegungwa yeDalmatia (Venetian Dalmatia) neBay of Kotor (Venetian Albania). "La Serenissima" yakanga yabatana neAustria kuti idzivirire "Domini di Terraferma" yayo uye yakatorwa nemauto eFrance musi wa14 May 1797. Chibvumirano chacho chakagumisa nhoroondo yemazana emakore yeRepublic of Venice.