Battle of Magenta

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Magenta was a key 1859 engagement in the Second Italian War of Independence, in which French and Sardinian forces defeated the Austrian Empire, paving the way for the unification of Italy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Magenta canonical	7
Battle of Magenta (1859)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith	Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Risorgimento
belligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
campaign	1859 campaign in Lombardy ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
combatantStrength	Franco-Sardinian forces numerically inferior to Austrians ⓘ
commander	Ferenc Gyulay ⓘ Napoleon III of France ⓘ surface form: Napoleon III Patrice de MacMahon ⓘ Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ⓘ surface form: Victor Emmanuel II
commemoratedBy	monuments in Magenta ⓘ
commemoratedOn	local anniversaries in Magenta ⓘ
conflict	Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryAtTime	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire
date	1859-06-04 ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of San Martino ⓘ Battle of Solferino ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Nationalism ⓘ
honour	title Duke of Magenta granted to Patrice de MacMahon ⓘ
involvedUnit	Austrian II Army Corps ⓘ French Imperial Guard ⓘ Royal Sardinian Army ⓘ surface form: Sardinian Army
location	Kingdom of Lombardy ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Lombardy ⓘ Magenta ⓘ
namedAfter	town of Magenta ⓘ
notableCommanderTitle	Duc de Magenta ⓘ surface form: Duke of Magenta
opponentOf	Austrian occupation of northern Italy ⓘ
partOf	Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Montebello ⓘ surface form: Battle of Montebello (1859)
primaryWeaponry	artillery ⓘ muzzle-loading rifles ⓘ
relatedTo	Treaty of Zurich (1859) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Zurich cession of Lombardy to France and Sardinia ⓘ
result	Franco-Sardinian victory ⓘ defeat of the Austrian Empire ⓘ
significance	forced Austrian withdrawal from much of Lombardy ⓘ paved the way for the unification of Italy ⓘ
tacticalType	meeting engagement ⓘ
theatre	Italian Peninsula ⓘ
year	1859 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Solferino → precededBy → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Patrice de MacMahon → notableEvent → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Royal Sardinian Army → engagedInBattle → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Second Italian War of Independence → significantBattle → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Boulevard de Magenta → namedAfter → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Italian Wars of Independence → significantEvent → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Magenta (1859)

Duc de Magenta → namedAfter → Battle of Magenta ⓘ

Duc de Magenta → titleHolderNotableBattle → Battle of Magenta ⓘ