| 1783 | Goethe writes Kennst du das Land? |
| 1786 – 1788 | Goethe’s travels in Italy |
| 1797 | After being defeated by Napoleon, the Republic of Venice comes to an end |
| 1800 | Napoleon defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo, in Piedmont |
| 1805 | Napoleon is crowned ‘Emperor of the French and King of Italy’ in Milan Cathedral |
| 1813 – 1817 | Publication of Goethe’s Die Italienische Reise |
| 1814 | Abdication of Napoleon and exile to Elba |
| 1815 | The Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia is declared part of the crown lands of the Austrian Empire at the Congress of Vienna |
| 23rd October 1815 | Schubert composes Kennst du das Land? (D 321) |
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Descendant of:
HUMAN SOCIETY SPACE (location)Texts with this theme:
- Die Nonne, D 208, D 212 (Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty and Johann Heinrich Voß)
- Mignon (Kennst du das Land?), D 321 (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)