January 1797
11 January 1797 – Livorno was evacuated.
14 January 1797 – French victory of Rivoli.
16 January 1797 – Battle of La Favorita near Mantua.
24 January 1797 – The Austrians left Bassano.
31 January 1797 – The armistice signed with the Pope Pius VI was broken.
February 1797
1st February 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte entered Bologna.
2 February 1797 – Austrian General Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrendered at Mantua .
9 February 1797 – Ancona was captured.
14 February 1797 – Peace conferences began with the Holy See.
15 February 1797 – The non-juring French priests were authorized by Napoleon Bonaparte to stay on in the Papal States.
19 February 1797 – The peace treaty with the Pope was signed at Tolentino.
20 February 1797 – Reinstatement of the French School in Rome.
March 1797
9 March 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte's headquarters moved to Bassano.
12 March 1797 – Crossing of Piave river and resumption of hostilities.
16 March 1797 – Battle of Tagliamento.
19 March 1797 – Capture of Gradisca.
22 March 1797 – Bonaparte's letter to the magistrates of Trieste so that they may reassure the local population.
23 March 1797 – Entry in Trieste.
25 March 1797 – Forty-eight hours were granted to the inhabitants of the county of Goritz for surrendering their firearms.
26 March 1797 – The city of Trieste found a military contribution being imposed on it.
29 March 1797 – Entry in Klagenfurt.
31 March 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte's made peace offers to the Archduke Charles.
April 1797
1st April 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte addressed a proclamation of friendship to the people of Carinthia.
5 April 1797 – The government of Venice was required to seize all the funds belonging to the Duke of Modena.
7 April 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian high command agreed on suspension of arms for five days.
9 April 1797 – Bonaparte threatened the Doge of Venice with war.
13 April 1797 – Prolongation of the suspension of arms up to April 10th.
15 April 1797 – Conference at Leoben, with the Austrian plenipotentiaries.
16 April 1797 – The bishop of Verona declared in the pulpit that it will be meritorious to kill the Jacobins.
17 April 1797 – The French of the Verona region were massacred.
18 April 1797 – The preliminaries for peace were signed at Leoben.
26 April 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte made his surprise known to General Jean-Victor Perrin a.k.a. Victor of seeing him stay inactive at Treviso.
May 1797
3 May 1797 – The Minister of France at the Republic of Venice received from Napoleon Bonaparte the order to leave the city, and the generals the order of treating the troops of the Republic of Venice as the enemy.
6 May 1797 – The city of Verona had to pay an imposition. The Veronese would be desarmed. The fifty main persons in charge of the massacre of the French would be deported to Guyana, except for the nobles, who would be shot down.
14 May 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte announced a considerable dispatch of funds to the French Directory.
15 May 1797 – Venice was occupied. The Doge fled and was replaced by a provisional municipality.
16 May 1797 – Signing of a peace treaty with Venice, against heavy contributions.
19 May 1797 – Romagna was reunited with the Cispadane Republic by Bonaparte's order.
22 May 1797 – Twelve thousand workers, under the guidance of Filippo Doria, demanded reinstatement of democracy and the abolition of the patricial government at Genoa.
25 May 1797 – Negotiations for peace between Austria and the French Republic began at Mombello. The French Republic was represented by Napoleon Bonaparte and Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke.
June 1797
6 June 1797 – The Genoa government made way for a provisional commission.
7 June 1797 – The list of the members of the provisional government established by Napoleon Bonaparte was handed over to the Doge of Genoa.
13 June 1797 – Bonaparte described his conduct to Admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée, commander of the French navy in the Adriatic.
14 June 1797 – The Ligurian Republic was proclaimed in Genoa.
16 June 1797 – The Venetian country got a new administrative organization from Bonaparte.
22 June 1797 – The Graubünden Republic solicited Bonaparte in order to obtain his mediation in the crisis which was opposing it to the separatist inhabitants of Valtellina.
23 June 1797 – Joseph-Vincent Dumolard, a member of the Council of Five Hundred, denounced the secret diplomacy of the Directory and its agent Bonaparte.
29 June 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed the independence of Lombardy and the installation of an Executive Directory appointed by his order.
30 June 1797 – Bonaparte sent a letter to the President of the Directory expressing his indignation at Dumolard's motion.
July 1797
2 July 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte responded favourably to the Graubünden.
3 July 1797 – In a communication to the Institute, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord declared that France had to strive to increase its power by the acquisition of colonies, and mentioned Egypt.
9 July 1797 – The Cisalpine Republic was proclaimed in Milan .
14 July 1797 – Solemn celebration of July 14th in Milan, in the presence of Napoleon Bonaparte.
16 July 1797 – Talleyrand was given the charge of the Ministry of External Affairs.
20 July 1797 – First issue of the Courrier de l'armée d'Italie, il Milan .
23 July 1797 – Bonaparte gave the order of raising the Italian battalions.
24 July 1797 – Talleyrand wrote to Bonaparte to inform him of his appointment in the Ministry.
27 July 1797 – Charles Augereau leaft for Paris, carrying the petitions of the army to the Directory.
August 1797
3 August 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte suggested to Pope Pius VI that he should publish a decree stipulating the priests to preach allegiance to the government and consolidate the Constitution.
5 August 1797 – Bonaparte's letter to Talleyrand, congratulating him on his appointment.
6 August 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte got the pension of the sculptor Antonio Canova reinstated.
9 August 1797 – Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was sent to carry a few flags taken in the battle of Rivoli to the Directory.
16 August 1797 – Bonaparte in his turn advised the Directory on the annexation of Egypt, in order to destroy England.
22 August 1797 – He went to Udino for the peace negotiations with Austria.
24 August 1797 – In Padova, Bonaparte announced that the city would be reunited with the Cisalpine Republic.
25 August 1797 – Bonaparte demanded a contribution from the city of Treviso.
31 August 1797 – Beginning of peace negotiations with Austria.
September 1797
4 September 1797 – The directorial coup d'état of the 18 fructidor took place in Paris.
6 September 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte learned of this event from Talleyrand.
10 September 1797 – Bonaparte ordered that the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic (September 22nd) would be celebrated in the army.
12 September 1797 – A new letter to Talleyrand.
13 September 1797 – Bonaparte informed Talleyrand about the projects he was making as regards Egypt.
15 September 1797 – Arrest and execution of bandits in Milan whose chief had named himself Buonaparte, and others had taken on the names of Masséna, Augereau and other generals.
19 September 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte asked Talleyrand, in a confidential letter, that Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès come to Italy in order to provide Genoa and the Cisalpine Republic with the constitution that suited them, something that he alone would be capable of doing.
22 September 1797 – Bonaparte addressed a proclamation to the army, on the occasion of the function to celebrate the anniversary of the Republic.
23 September 1797 – Bonaparte congratulated François de Neufchâteau and Merlin de Douai on their entry to the Directory.
October 1797
6 October 1797 – Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to the general treasurer of the army, Haller, soliciting funds.
7 October 1797 – Bonaparte announced to Talleyrand that he was highly desirous of reaching at a peace agreement.
10 October 1797 – He sent an account to the Directory of the peace conditions that he had agreed to.
17 October 1797 – The peace treaty was signed at Campo-Formio.
18 October 1797 – Bonaparte proposed to Talleyrand that the government had to devote its activity towards the destruction of England.
26 October 1797 – The Campo-Formio treaty was ratified by the Directory. The chief command of the Army of England was entrusted to Napoleon Bonaparte.
27 October 1797 – Bonaparte was designated as the plenipotentiary of the French Republic in view of the Rastadt Congress.
November 1797
7 November 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte reorganized the Ionian Islands which became the departments of Corcyre (Corfu), Ithaca and the Aegean Sea.
9 November 1797 – He ordered Haller to put funds into the cash fund for the England expedition.
11 November 1797 – He addressed a proclamation to the Cisalpine people on the occasion of his departure.
17 November 1797 – Bonaparte left for Rastadt.
20 November 1797 – In Chambéry, he issued a decree stipulating that the departments of Mont-Blanc, Isère, Drôme, Ain, Hautes-Alpes and Rhône would send as soon as possible, to the coffers of the paymaster of the Army of Italy, all the money currently existing in their coffers and all that they could collect during the month of Frimaire [from 21 November to 20 December]; so that these six departments could produce in the coffers of the paymaster a sum of 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 francs.
21 November 1797 – In Geneva, Bonaparte promised the authorities that he would abide by the independence of their republic.
26 November 1797 – Arrival at Rastadt (or Rastatt).
28 November 1797 – The congress opened. Stormy encounter between Bonaparte and Fersen, delegate from Sweden, who was reproached by Bonaparte for earlier relations with Queen Marie-Antoinette.
December 1797
1st December 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte left Rastadt after signing an agreement for the removal of troops.
3 December 1797 – He was received by a Masonic Lodge in Nancy.
5 December 1797 – Arrival at Paris.
6 December 1797 – Fisrt interview with Talleyrand.
10 December 1797 – Napoleon Bonaparte was solemnly received at the Palais du Luxembourg.
25 December 1797 – He was elected to the Institute, to fill in Lazare Carnot's seat, which had been declared vacant.