Historical place archive

Lombardy in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Lombardy in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records6 event labels6 people774–1859

Historical events in Lombardy

774

774
Rule of Lombardy
Charlamagne I the Great · House of Carolingian

Completes the extension of his rule over the Kingdom of the Lombards

1511

1511
Holy League
Louis XII · House of Line of Orleans

The League drives France out of Lombardy

1511
Rule of Lombardy
Louis XII · House of Line of Orleans

The Holy League drives France out of Lombardy

1515

1515
Capture of Lombardy
Francis I · France War

Victorious against the Holy League in Northern Italy & gains possession of Lombardy

1703

September 1703
Disarming Savoyard Troops
Louis Joseph Vendome · War of the Spanish Succession

Vendome moves to disarm Savoyard units before the alliance change becomes public.

1796

16 May 1796
Invasion of Lombardy
Napoleon I · Revolution of France

Napoleon conquers Lombardy as far as Mantua then creates the Lombard Republic

16 May 1796
Lombard Republic
Napoleon I · Revolution of France

Founds the Lombard Republic

1859

8 November 1859
Rule of Lombardy
Napoleon III · Italian Independence

Under the peace of Villafranca Parma & Lombardy are ceded to France

Provenance

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