{"slug": "duke-of-milan", "label": "Duke of Milan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Milan", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1441, 1517], "span_label": ["1441 CE", "1517 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "gian-galeazzo-sforza", "label": "Gian Galeazzo Sforza", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "krakow", "label": "Kraków", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-i-the-old", "label": "Sigismund I the Old", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-viii-of-france", "label": "Charles VIII of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ludovico-sforza", "label": "Ludovico Sforza", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – In accordance with the proposals for the Peace of Cremona to end the war between Venice and Milan, Francesco I Sforza of Venice marries Bianca Maria Visconti, daughter of the Duke of Milan. An Italian tradition credits the creation of nougat to the celebration of the wedding.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#October–December", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Francesco I Sforza becomes the Duke of Milan, restoring the Duchy of Milan and bringing an end to the Golden Ambrosian Republic that had governed Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#January–March", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1494)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#Births", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1469)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353371082#Deaths", "title": "1494", "revid": 1353371082, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan upon the death of his nephew, the Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza, and invites Charles VIII of France to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the First Italian War in the Italian Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353371082#October–December", "title": "1494", "revid": 1353371082, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1515, "year_label": "1515 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – In Italy, Costanzo II Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, is mortally wounded by a gunshot from an arquebus rifle while traveling with Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan. He dies a little more than a month later, on April 14.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362498078#January–March", "title": "1515", "revid": 1362498078, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1515, "year_label": "1515 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan, surrenders to the French forces and is imprisoned until the arrival of King Francis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362498078#October–December", "title": "1515", "revid": 1362498078, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1517, "year_label": "1517 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Bona Sforza of Italy, daughter of the late Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, marries King Sigismund of Poland by proxy at Naples, then begins a three month journey to Kraków to assume the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649067#October–December", "title": "1517", "revid": 1366649067, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}