Kingdom of Naples: Polity Style: 1806-1815 |
11 May 1806 |
Joseph Napoléon Bonaparte is recognized as the King of Naples and Sicily (Re di Napoli e di Sicilia) in accordance with an imperial decree signed by Napoléon I on 30 Mar 1806 in Paris and presented to Joseph in Naples on 11 May 1806 (Bulletin des lois (France), No. 84, 1806, pp. 380-382; Monitore napolitano, No. 18, 29 Apr 1806, Supplement, pp. 2-3; Monitore napolitano, No. 22, 13 May 1806, pp. 1-3) |
11 May 1806 - 22 May 1815 |
Regno di Napoli [1] |
3 Jul 1808 |
the Constitutional Statute of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily (Statuto Costituzionale del regno di Napoli e di Sicilia) is signed by the King of Naples and Sicily and approved by the Emperor of the French on 20 Jun 1808 in Bayonne, France, and was published in Naples on 3 Jul 1808 (Bullettino delle leggi. No. 39, 1808, pp. 404-419; Monitore napolitano, No. 246, 5 Jul 1808, pp. 1-4) |
20 May 1815 |
a convention providing for the occupation of the Kingdom of Naples by the armies of Austria and the Allied Powers is signed by the representatives of the King of Naples and of the Emperor of Austria in Casa-Lanza (near Capua) on 20 May 1815, ratified on the same day (Neumann, 2:634-638; Giornale delle Due Sicilie, No. 1, Supplement, 23 May 1815, pp. 1-2) |
22 May 1815 |
the restoration of King Ferdinando IV is declared by the proclamations of the commander-in-chief of the army of Austria and the Infante of Two Sicilies (Giornale delle Due Sicilie, No. 1, 23 May 1815, pp. 2-4) |