Why France owns Corsica?

1769 – Corsica is conquered by France, who had bought the island from the Genoese in 1767. This purchase, an illegitimate act in the eyes of the Corsican Republic, is validated in the Treaty of Versailles of 1768. 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte is born in Ajaccio.



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