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Invasion of Italy

Italy · Warfare / Italian Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1512Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1512

Julius II1512

Warfare / Italian Wars

The French are driven across the Alps, but it was at the cost of the occupation of Italy by the other powers, and Julius II, though he had securely established the papal authority in the states immediately around Rome, was as far as ever from realizing his dream of an independent Italian kingdom

Julius II1512

Milan · Warfare / Italian Wars

The French withdraw from Italy after an invasion of Milan by the Swiss, who reinstate Maximilian Sforza to the ducal throne

Names involved

Julius II

Provenance

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