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Battle of Magenta

Austria · Warfare / Italian War of Independence, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1859Date range
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Chronological records

1859

Franz Josef I4 June 1859

Magenta · Warfare / Italian War of Independence, 2nd

Results in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai. French victory at Magenta is followed by the French liberation of Milan

Names involved

Franz Josef I

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