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Events on Saturday 12 July 1806 1
1806Formation of the Confederation of the RhineNapoleon organizes German client statesOn 12 July 1806, sixteen German states signed the Treaty of the Confederation of the Rhine, placing themselves under French protection and withdrawing from the Holy Roman Empire. Napoleon served as the confederation's protector, and the bloc supplied troops for his campaigns. It replaced the empire as the dominant political structure in western and southern Germany.