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BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="53"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="44" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="53" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> POLITICAL/DIPLOMATIC</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> MILITARY</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="053767f3.gif"> <div> <B><U></U></B><B><U>Key Events</U></B><B><U> <A NAME="top"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#wars" TITLE="Chronology"><U><B>Wars</B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="#battles_" TITLE="Chronology"><U><B>Battles </B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="#treaties_" TITLE="Chronology"><U><B>Treaties</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wars</B><B> <A NAME="wars"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1452-54</B> Milan-Florence v Venice-Naples</div> <div> <B>1458-65</B> Angevin attack on Naples</div> <div> <B>1464-79</B> Venetian-Turkish war</div> <div> <B>1465-66</B> War of <I>Bene Publico</I> in France</div> <div> <B>1467-8</B> Collleoni war</div> <div> <B>1468-70</B> War of Rimini</div> <div> <B>1476-77</B> Burgundian wars</div> <div> <B>1478-80</B> Pazzi war</div> <div> <B>1482-84</B> War of Ferrara</div> <div> <B>1485-6</B> Barons' war</div> <div> <B>1494-5</B> French Invasion</div> <div> <B>1494-1509 </B>Pisan War</div> <div> <B>1495-7</B> Expulsion of French from Naples</div> <div> <B>1497</B> Orsini war</div> <div> <B>1499</B> French conquest of Milan</div> <div> <B>1499-1502 </B>Turkish-Venetian war</div> <div> <B>1500</B> French lose and reconquer Milan</div> <bR> <div> <B>Battles</B><B> <A NAME="battles_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1460</B> Sarno</div> <div> <B>1460</B> San Fabbiano</div> <div> <B>1462</B> Troia</div> <div> <B>1467 </B>Molinella-Ricciardina</div> <div> <B>1470</B> Lepanto</div> <div> <B>1482</B> Campomorto</div> <div> <B>1486</B> Montorio</div> <div> <B>1494</B> Fornovo</div> <div> <B>1497</B> Soriano</div> <div> <B>1498</B> San Regola</div> <div> <B>1499</B> Zonchio</div> <div> <B>1500</B> Novara</div> <div> <B>1505</B> Torre di San Vicenzo</div> <bR> <div> <B>Treaties</B><B> <A NAME="treaties_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1451</B> Florentine-Milanese alliance</div> <div> <B>1454</B> Peace of Lodi</div> <div> <B>1455</B> Italian League</div> <div> <B>1461 </B>Milan-Dauphin Louis accord</div> <div> <B>1467 </B>Triple League</div> <div> <B>1468</B> End of Colleoni war</div> <div> <B>1469</B> Papal-Venetian alliance</div> <div> <B>1470</B> Venice-Naples alliance against Turk</div> <div> <B>1472</B> Venetian-Burgundian alliance</div> <div> <B>1474</B> Triple Alliance</div> <div> <B>1475</B> Milanese-Burgundian alliance</div> <div> <B>1479 </B>Venice-Turkish peace</div> <div> <B>1480</B> Venetian-Papal alliance</div> <div> <B>1480</B> Triple League</div> <div> <B>1484</B> Peace of Bagnolo</div> <div> <B>1485</B> Italian league</div> <div> <B>1493</B> League of St Mark</div> <div> <B>1493</B> Milanese-Imperial alliance</div> <div> <B>1493 </B>Treaty of Etaples</div> <div> <B>1493 </B>Treaty of Senlis</div> <div> <B>1495</B> Holy League</div> <div> <B>1495 </B>Peace of Vercelli</div> <div> <B>1499 </B>Treaty of Blois</div> <div> <A HREF="#top" TITLE="Chronology"><U><B>Top</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=280 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="067767f3.gif"> <div> <B> <A NAME="top_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="731" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 466 ><NOBR><div> <B>1450</B> <A NAME="1450_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> <B>26 Feb 1450</B> Francesco Sforza enters Milan</div> <div> <B>22 Mar 1450</B> Francesco Sforza proclaimed duke of Milan</div> <div> <B>30 Jul 1451</B> League between Milan and Florence concluded (proclaimed 15 August) </div> <div> <B>4 Nov 1451</B> Florentine-Milanese treaty with Genoa</div> <div> <B>Late 1451</B> Descent of Emperor Frederick III into Italy</div> <div> <B>Feb 1452</B> Alliance between Florence, Milan and Charles VII</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>9 Apr 1454</B> Peace of Lodi</div> <bR> <div> <B>25 mar 1455</B> Italian League proclaimed</div> <div> <B>25 Mar 1455 </B>Death of Pope Nicholas V</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>31 May 1456</B> Accord with Piccinino</div> <div> <B>7 Feb 1458 </B>Genoa ceded to Angevins by Doge Paolo Campofregoso (treaty of Aix-en-Provence)</div> <div> <B>27 Jun 1458</B> Death of Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples</div> <div> <B>6 Aug 1458</B> Death of Pope Calixtus III</div> <div> <B>19 Aug 1458</B> Election of Aneas Sylvinius Piccolomini as Pope Pius II</div> <bR> <div> <B>Oct 1459</B> Giovanni of Anjou embarks for Naples in pursuit of crown</div> <div> <B>Late 1459</B> Opening of Congress of Mantua</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><bR> <div> <B>March 1450</B> Venetian forces withdraw back across the Adda</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>16 May 1452</B> Venetian troops invade Milan across the Adda</div> <div> <B>15 August 1453</B> Milanese defeat Venetians at Ghedi</div> <bR> <div> <B>29 May 1454</B> Fall of Constinople to Turks</div> <div> <B>10 Mar 1455</B> Colleoni appointed Venetian Captain-General</div> <bR> <div> <B>Jun 1456</B> Giacomo Piccinino invades Sienese and occupies Cetona</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>15 Aug 1458</B> Piccinino occupies Assisi</div> <bR> <div> <B>Sep 1459</B> Giovanni of Anjou subdues Genoese revolt</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 934 ><NOBR><div> <B>1460</B> <A NAME="1460_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>6 Oct 1460 </B>Accord between Francesco Sforza and Dauphin Louis against Charles VII</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>22 Jul 1461</B> Death of Charles VII</div> <div> <B>1 Apr 1462</B> Cervia ceded to Venice by Malatesta</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>19 Oct 1463</B> Papal-Venetian-Burgundian alliance against Turk</div> <div> <B>22 Dec 1463</B> Genoa and Savona ceded to Francesco Sforza in fief by Louis XI</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mar 1464</B> War of Public Weal breaks out in France</div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Aug 1464</B> Death of Cosimo de' Medici</div> <div> <B>2 Aug 1464 </B>Giacomo Piccinino marries Druisiana Sforza</div> <div> <B>15 Aug 1464</B> Death of Pope Pius II</div> <div> <B>30 Aug 1464</B> Election of Paolo Barbo as Pope Paolo II</div> <div> <B>5 Oct 1464 </B>Accord between Louis XI and Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy</div> <bR> <div> <B>8 Mar 1466</B> Death of Francesco Sforza</div> <div> <B>Mar 1466</B> Galeazzo Maria Sforza detained by Savoy en route to Milan</div> <div> <B>20 Mar 1466</B> Galeazzo Maria Sforza reaches Milan</div> <div> <B>4 Jan 1467</B> Renewal of Triple League between Milan, Florence and Naples</div> <div> <B>25 Feb 1467</B> Accord between Monferrat and Milan concluded</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>21 Apr 1467</B> Death of Dorotea Gonzaga, Galeazzo Maria Sforza free to marry Bona of Savoy</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>25 Apr 1468 </B>Conclusion of peace ends Colleoni war</div> <div> <B>10 May 1468</B> Galeazzo Maria Sforza marries Bona of Savoy by proxy</div> <div> <B>Jun 1468</B> Milan refuses French requests for help against Filippo de Bresse<B> </B>threat of attack on Bourbon</div> <div> <B>7 Jul 1468</B> Marriage of Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Bona of Savoy celebrated in Milan</div> <div> <B>9 Oct 1468</B> Death of Sigismondo Malatesta, succession crisis in Rimini</div> <div> <B>28 Oct 1468</B> Death of Bianca Maria Visconti</div> <div> <B>Late 1468</B> Emperor Frederick III descends into Italy</div> <div> <B>1469</B> Papal-Venetian alliance</div> <div> <B>8 Jun 1469</B> Papal troops occupy suburb of Rimini</div> <div> <B>20 Jun 1469</B> Birth of Giangaleazzo Sforza</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> <B>6 Jul 1460</B> Ferrante defeated at Sarno by Giovanni d'Anjou</div> <div> <B>27 Jul 1460</B> Battle of San Fabiano, Piccinino defeats Papal-Milanese army under Ferderico d'Urbino and Alessandro Sforza</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Jul 1461</B> Genoese aided by Milanese troops defeat French force led by Rene of Anjou sent to quell revolt</div> <div> <B>2 Jul</B> <B>1461 </B>Papal troops defeated at Nidastore</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>18 Aug 1462</B> Ferrante, aided by Milanese troops, defeats Angevins at battle of Trioa</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Feb/Mar 1464</B> Milanese troops occupy Savona and Genoa</div> <bR> <div> <B>16 Jul 1464</B> Battle of Monthlery between Louis XI and rebel fuedatories</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Aug 1465 </B>Milanese force led by Galeazzo Maria sent to aid Louis XI</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mar 1467 </B>Bartolomeo Colleoni leads troops against Florence in support of the Florentine exiles</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Jun 1467 </B>League troops under Federico da Montefeltro confront Colleoni between Forli and Faenza<B> </B></div> <div> <B>21 Jul 1467 </B>Battle of Molinella-Ricciardini</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 ><NOBR><div> <B>1470</B> <A NAME="1470_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> <B>8 Jul 1470</B> Renewal of Italian League</div> <div> <B>12 Jul 1470</B> Fall of Negroponte to Turks</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 1476 Gaeleazzo Maria Sforza assassinated in Church of San Stefano</div> <div> Assassination of Giuliano de' Medici, Lorenzo wounded</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> Pazzi war</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <B>1480</B> <A NAME="1480_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> 1480 Return of Ludovico Il Moro</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> 1482 War of Ferrara</div> <div> 1485 Barons revolt</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 178 ><NOBR><div> <B>1490</B> <A NAME="1490"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="334"><div> 1492 Death of Lorenzo de' Medici</div> <div> 1493 Death of Ferrante of Naples</div> <div> 1494 Pisan request for independence granted by Charles VIII, Florentine rule ended</div> <div> 1494 Florentines eject Piero de'Medici.</div> <div> Apr 1495 Conclusion of the Holy League between Popoe, Emperor, Milan, Venice and Spain against France</div> <div> 3 Sep 1499 Ludovico abandons Milan</div> <div> 1496 Emperor Maximilian descends into Italy in support of Milan-Venice</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 1494 French invasion of Italy</div> <div> Milanese troops besiege Asti</div> <div> duke of Orleans occupy Novara</div> <div> 7 Jul 1495 Battle of Fornovo</div> <div> 1496 Maximilian attempts to capture Livorno</div> <div> 1497 Trivulzio attcks Milan</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> <B>1500</B> <A NAME="1500"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP 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