What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 1495
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 44.68° N, 10.10° E
- Description
- 1495 battle
Battle of Fornovo
1495 battle of the First Italian War
The Battle of Fornovo took place 30 km southwest of the city of Parma on 6 July 1495. It was fought as King Charles VIII of France left Naples upon hearing the news of the grand coalition assembled against him. Despite the numerical advantage of their opponents, the French won the engagement and Charles was able to march his army out of Italy.
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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 “Winning the Battle of Fornovo, the French army under King Charles secures its retreat from Italy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Am 6. Juli findet die Schlacht bei Fornovo südöstlich von Parma statt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “французы разгромили противников в битве при Форново и проложили себе путь к отступлению через Асти на Бриансон”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “法國國王查理八世幾乎兵不血刃地攻佔那不勒斯首府，那不勒斯國王阿方索二世父子逃走，那不勒斯全境被占領，但威尼斯、米蘭、佛羅倫斯等城邦、羅馬教皇”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page