Major conflict1494 – 1498 · 4 years

First Italian War

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Italy · Milan · Naples · Florence

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

French King Charles VIII invaded Italy, initiating a series of conflicts over Italian territory that would span six decades. This war established the pattern of European powers competing for control of the Italian peninsula.

Belligerents5

France
Spain
Papal States
Milan
Venice

ON THE MAPKingdom of FranceSpanish Empire (Americas)Papal StatesDuchy of MilanVenetian Republic

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 3

Battle of Fornovo1495
Battle of Seminara1495
Battle of Aversa1496

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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