Viareggio Insurrection

The Viareggio Insurrection was an uprising against the French in Viareggio on 4-7 May 1799, part of the wider insurgency in Tuscany better known as the "Viva Maria".

The town had been occupied by French troops on 6 January 1799 - they formed a provisional government to replace that of the Republic of Lucca, including Francesco Belluomini and some other inhabitants of the town. While the ruling class in the city was strongly pro-Jacobin, the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages were hostile towards Jacobinism and the invader alike.

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