Battle of Calcinato
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The Battle of Calcinato was a 1706 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in northern Italy, where French forces decisively defeated the Austrian army.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Calcinato canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9212158 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Battle of Calcinato Context triple: [Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, notableBattle, Battle of Calcinato]
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Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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Battle of Carpi
The Battle of Carpi was a 1701 engagement in the War of the Spanish Succession in northern Italy, where French forces clashed with Austrian troops in one of the conflict’s early campaigns.
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Battle of Cisterna
The Battle of Cisterna was a major World War II clash during the Anzio campaign in early 1944, notable for the heavy losses suffered by U.S. Ranger units in an unsuccessful attempt to break German defensive lines in Italy.
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Battle of Baecula
The Battle of Baecula was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 208 BC in Hispania, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal Barca.
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Battle of Goito
The Battle of Goito was a key engagement during the First Italian War of Independence in 1848, in which Piedmont-Sardinian forces clashed with the Austrian Empire near the Mincio River in northern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Calcinato Target entity description: The Battle of Calcinato was a 1706 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in northern Italy, where French forces decisively defeated the Austrian army.
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A.
Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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B.
Battle of Carpi
The Battle of Carpi was a 1701 engagement in the War of the Spanish Succession in northern Italy, where French forces clashed with Austrian troops in one of the conflict’s early campaigns.
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C.
Battle of Cisterna
The Battle of Cisterna was a major World War II clash during the Anzio campaign in early 1944, notable for the heavy losses suffered by U.S. Ranger units in an unsuccessful attempt to break German defensive lines in Italy.
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D.
Battle of Baecula
The Battle of Baecula was a major engagement of the Second Punic War in 208 BC in Hispania, where Roman forces under Scipio Africanus defeated a Carthaginian army led by Hasdrubal Barca.
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E.
Battle of Goito
The Battle of Goito was a key engagement during the First Italian War of Independence in 1848, in which Piedmont-Sardinian forces clashed with the Austrian Empire near the Mincio River in northern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Louis XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| AustrianAllies | Imperial German contingents ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Duchy of Savoy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| campaignObjective | to push Imperial forces out of the Brescia area ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Bourbon forces
ⓘ
Grand Alliance forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leopold of Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Duchy of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 19 April 1706 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Turin (1706) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchAllies | Savoyard troops ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualties | about 1,000 killed and wounded ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchStrength | approximately 25,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| historicalEra | War of the Spanish Succession era ⓘ |
| ImperialCasualties |
several thousand captured
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several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| ImperialCommander | Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ImperialStrength | approximately 12,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| location |
Calcinato
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decisive French tactical victory over Austrian forces
ⓘ
temporary restoration of French dominance in northern Italy in 1706 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Austrian army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Imperial army ⓘ |
| outcome | Austrian retreat from the field ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian campaign of the War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Cassano (1705) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTactic | surprise attack by Vendôme at dawn ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence |
delayed Imperial advance towards Milan
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short-term consolidation of French positions in Lombardy ⓘ |
| terrain | plain near the Chiese River ⓘ |
| theatre | Italian theatre of the War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | early modern linear warfare ⓘ |
| war | War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weaponry | muskets, bayonets, artillery ⓘ |
| year | 1706 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Calcinato Description of subject: The Battle of Calcinato was a 1706 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in northern Italy, where French forces decisively defeated the Austrian army.
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