What the records say
- When
- 20 Jun 1495 – 3 Oct 1495
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 45.45° N, 8.62° E
- Description
- 1495 unsuccessful French siege of the Italian Wars
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Siege of Novara (1495)
1495 Unsuccessful French battle of the Italian Wars
The siege of Novara took place in the summer and autumn of 1495 during the Italian War of 1494–1495. While king Charles VIII of France was retreating to the north after facing rebellions in the recently conquered Kingdom of Naples, and managed to escape the destruction of his army at the Battle of Fornovo, his cousin Louis d'Orleans opened a second front by attacking the Duchy of Milan and occupying the city of Novar…
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The League of Venice (with troops from Venice, Milan and Mantua) begins the two-month Siege of Novara in the Duchy of Milan to drive out the French occupiers…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page