Battle of Fornovo

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Fornovo was a major 1495 clash in northern Italy during the Italian Wars, where a French army under Charles VIII fought a coalition of Italian states in one of the first large-scale battles of the conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Fornovo canonical	3
Battaglia di Fornovo	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
aftermath	French lost much of their baggage and loot ⓘ League claimed victory for propaganda purposes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Fornovo ⓘ surface form: Battaglia di Fornovo
belligerent	Charles VIII of France ⓘ Duchy of Milan ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ League of Venice ⓘ Papal States ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses	heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
combatantType	feudal levies ⓘ professional mercenary forces ⓘ
commander	Charles VIII of France ⓘ Francesco II Gonzaga ⓘ Gian Giacomo Trivulzio ⓘ
conflict	First Italian War (1494–1495) ⓘ surface form: Italian War of 1494–1498
country	Italy ⓘ
date	1495-07-06 ⓘ
followedBy	French withdrawal from Italy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
locatedIn	Emilia-Romagna ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ surface form: northern Italy
location	Fornovo di Taro ⓘ
notableFeature	cavalry charges by French gendarmes ⓘ extensive use of early gunpowder artillery ⓘ one of the first large-scale battles of the Italian Wars ⓘ
objective	secure French retreat from Naples to France ⓘ
outcome	French army escaped encirclement ⓘ
partOf	Italian Wars ⓘ First Italian War (1494–1495) ⓘ surface form: Italian campaigns of Charles VIII of France
precededBy	invasion of Italy (1494–1495) ⓘ surface form: French invasion of Italy in 1494
result	strategic French success ⓘ tactically inconclusive ⓘ
river	Taro River ⓘ
significance	checked French dominance in Italy ⓘ demonstrated vulnerability of Italian states to foreign armies ⓘ
strength	French army about 9,000–12,000 men ⓘ League army about 20,000–30,000 men ⓘ
weaponUsed	arquebuses ⓘ artillery ⓘ pikes ⓘ
year	1495 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Italian Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Fornovo ⓘ

Battle of Fornovo → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Fornovo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battaglia di Fornovo

invasion of Italy (1494–1495) → hasBattle → Battle of Fornovo ⓘ

First Italian War (1494–1495) → hasBattle → Battle of Fornovo ⓘ