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Events in February 1798 4
1732 – 1798Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732-1798)Died 12 February 1798, aged 66The last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he reigned from 1764 until he abdicated in 1795 after the Third Partition. He supported the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and was a major patron of the Polish Enlightenment, and he died in exile in Saint Petersburg.
1732 – 1798Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732-1798)Died 12 February 1798, aged 66The last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he reigned from 1764 until he abdicated in 1795 after the Third Partition. He supported the Constitution of 3 May 1791 and was a major patron of the Polish Enlightenment, and he died in exile in Saint Petersburg.
1798Roman Republic proclaimedFrench-backed republic replaces papal rule in RomeAfter French troops under General Berthier occupied Rome, a republic was proclaimed in place of the temporal rule of the pope. Pope Pius VI was removed from the city and taken into exile in France, where he died the following year.
1798Roman Republic proclaimedFrench-backed republic replaces papal rule in RomeAfter French troops under General Berthier occupied Rome, a republic was proclaimed in place of the temporal rule of the pope. Pope Pius VI was removed from the city and taken into exile in France, where he died the following year.