What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 899
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.18° N, 12.32° E
- Description
- 899 battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Brenta
899 battle
The Battle of Brenta was fought between the cavalry of the Kingdom of Italy under King Berengar I, and the Hungarians hired by the East Francian king Arnulf of Carinthia, at an unidentified location in northern Italian Peninsula along the river Brenta on 24 September 899. It was one of the earliest battles of the Hungarian invasions of Europe.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Brenta: The Magyar forces, consisting of 5,000 men, take a circuitous route through the mountains”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение на Бренте”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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