Historedia
Person

Comte de Vaux

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1768–1770

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Comte de Vaux, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. French Conquest of Corsica

    1768–1770

    Role: French commander of the conquest expedition, veteran of the Seven Years' War

    1. 1768 · CorsicaGenoa cedes Corsica to France

      By the 1768 Treaty of Versailles, an exhausted Genoa ceded all rights over Corsica to France after selling the island.

    2. October 1768 · CorsicaFrench setback at Borgo

      France's first offensive failed in October 1768 when its small expeditionary force suffered a significant setback at the Battle of Borgo.

    3. 1769 · CorsicaDecisive French victory at Ponte Novu

      In 1769 the Comte de Vaux decisively defeated the Corsican army at the Battle of Ponte Novu, effectively ending organized Corsican resistance.

    4. 1769–1770 · CorsicaCorsican surrender and French annexation

      Lacking the willpower and manpower to resist, the Corsican forces surrendered the island, which France annexed and consolidated over about a year.

Sources

  1. French conquest of Corsica Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22