Battle of Palestro

When

31 May 1859

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.31° N, 8.55° E

Description

1859 battle

1859 battle

The Battle of Palestro was fought on 30–31 May 1859 between the Austrian Empire and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and France. The Franco-Piedmontese forces were victorious. It was fought just south to Palestro, a town in what is now the province of Pavia in northern 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 “Austro-Sardinian War: Battle of Palestro – The Sardinians defeat the Austrian army”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Frankreich und Sardinien siegen in der Schlacht von Palestro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Palestro en Lombardie, entre les Sardes du roi Victor-Emmanuel II, secondés par le troisième régiment français de zouaves du colonel de Chabron”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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