Austrian campaign in Sicily
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The Austrian campaign in Sicily was a 1718–1719 military operation in which Habsburg forces invaded and fought to wrest control of Sicily from Spanish rule during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
invasion
ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Habsburg monarchy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Habsburg monarchy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| conflictType | European great-power conflict ⓘ |
| endTime | 1719 ⓘ |
| goal | to wrest control of Sicily from Spanish rule ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Habsburg interest in consolidating power in Italy
ⓘ
Spanish attempt to recover Italian possessions lost after the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–War of the Spanish Succession settlement in Europe ⓘ |
| involves |
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg army
Spanish Army ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish army
|
| location |
Kingdom of Sicily
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ |
| militaryOperationScope |
land campaign
ⓘ
regional campaign in southern Italy ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Spanish monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Bourbon monarchy
|
| opposedObjective | Spanish attempt to reassert dominance in the central Mediterranean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Habsburg–Spanish conflicts in Italy
ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish invasion of Sardinia (1717)
|
| relatedTo |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg rule in Italy
Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ |
| result |
Austrian invasion repelled
ⓘ
Spanish forces retained control of Sicily during the campaign ⓘ |
| startTime | 1718 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | early 18th century ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar |
War of the Quadruple Alliance
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean theater of the War of the Quadruple Alliance
|
Referenced by (1)
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