Battle of Magenta

When

4 Jun 1859

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.46° N, 8.80° E

Description

1859 battle of the Second Italian War of Independence

Battle of the Second Italian War of Independence

The Battle of Magenta was fought on 4 June 1859 near the town of Magenta in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, a crown land of the Austrian Empire, during the Second Italian War of Independence. It resulted in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferenc Gyulay.

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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 “Austro-Sardinian War: Battle of Magenta – The French and Sardinians defeat the Austrians”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Magenta erleidet Österreich eine Niederlage im Sardinischen Krieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Magenta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “австрийская армия потерпела поражение у Мадженты”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次イタリア独立戦争: マジェンタの戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Italian Unification29 Apr 1859 · Interstate war · Deaths 22,500