Biagio Bernardo Caboga
{{Short description|Leader of the Ragusan uprising against the French}}
Biagio Bernardo Caboga ({{langx|de|Blasius Bernhard von Caboga}},{{cite book|title=Österreichisch-ungarische Revue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6JDAAAAYAAJ|year=1888|publisher=C. Gerold's Sohn}}{{langx|fr|Blaise Caboga}}) (1779-1854{{Cite web|url=https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=9368|title = Hrvatski biografski leksikon}}) was a Ragusan count (conte) and commander.
He participated in the Ragusan uprising against the French, who had occupied since 1806 (abolished in 1808), in 1813–14.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|p=132}} With British support, he led the uprising after October 1813.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|pp=132–133}} Together with Austrian general Milutinović and British cannons, the Ragusan rebel leaders led the siege of the city in January 1814.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|pp=139–140}} The French surrendered on the 27th, marching out of the city on 28 January.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|p=141}} Ragusa and its territories were handed over to the Habsburg monarchy in 1815.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|p=142}} Despite his intelligence and ability, being described as having Alcibiades' qualities, his ambition seemed to have been the main cause to the failure of the aims of the rebellion.{{sfn|Ćosić|2000|p=132}}
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- {{cite journal|last=Ćosić|first=Stjepan|title=Dubrovnik Under French Rule (1810–1814)|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/12648|format=PDF|journal=Dubrovnik Annals|year=2000|issue=4|pages=103–142|accessdate=11 September 2009}}
- {{cite book|author=Francis W. Carter|title=Dubrovnik (Ragusa): A Classic City-state|url=https://archive.org/details/dubrovnikragusac0000cart|url-access=registration|year=1972|publisher=Seminar Press|isbn=978-0-12-812950-0}}
- {{cite book|author=Harriet Bjelovučić|title=The Ragusan Republic: Victim of Napoleon and Its Own Conservatism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-cUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA156|year=1970|publisher=Brill Archive|pages=156–|id=GGKEY:1ERFSC27Z6S}}
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