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The Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country ...
The war began when Ludovico Sforza, then Regent of Milan, encouraged Charles VIII of France to invade Italy, using the Angevin claim to the throne of Naples as a pretext. This in turn was driven by the intense rivalry between Ludovico's wife, Beatrice d'Este , and that of his nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza , husband of Isabella of Aragon .
Italian campaign of 1527 (North Italy) 6 May 1527: Sack of Rome (1527) 1–12 October 1527: Sack of Pavia; 22–23 March 1528: Siege of Melfi April – August 1528: Siege of Naples (1528) 28–29 April 1528: Battle of Capo d'Orso; May – 8 August 1528: Siege of Catanzaro Neapolitan campaign of 1528 (South Italy). Battle of Aversa
The First Italian War of Independence (Italian: Prima guerra d'indipendenza italiana), part of the Italian Unification (Risorgimento), was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont) and Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other conservative states from 23 March 1848 to 22 August 1849 in the Italian Peninsula.
The Italian war of 1536–1538 was a conflict between King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The objective was to achieve control over territories in Northern Italy, in particular the Duchy of Milan. The war saw French troops invading Northern Italy, and Imperial-Spanish troops invading France.
This category includes historical wars in which Kingdom of Sardinia and the modern state of Italy (1720–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wars involving Italy .
Italy in World War I (1914–1918) Fascism (1922–1943) Italy in World War II (1940–1945) Fascist Italian Social Republic, Partisans and Italian Civil War (1943–1945) Republic (1946–present) Years of Lead (1970s–1980s) Maxi Trial (1986–1992) Mani pulite (1992–2001) Great Recession (2007–2009) European migrant crisis (2014–2016)
This category contains articles related to the historical conflict known as the Italian Wars. For articles on wars involving the modern nation of Italy , see Category:Wars involving Italy . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italian Wars .