{"slug": "ludovico-sforza", "label": "Ludovico Sforza", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236853", "qid": "Q236853", "description": "duke of Milan", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1452, 1508], "span_label": ["1452 CE", "1508 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "gian-galeazzo-sforza", "label": "Gian Galeazzo Sforza", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-milan", "label": "Duchy of Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venice", "label": "Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leonardo-da-vinci", "label": "Leonardo da Vinci", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xii", "label": "Louis XII", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-viii-of-france", "label": "Charles VIII of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duke-of-milan", "label": "Duke of Milan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#Births", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Ludovico Sforza succeeds his sister-in-law, Bona of Savoy, as regent of Milan for his 12-year-old nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Bona's son and the Duke of Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#October–December", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"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": 1495, "year_label": "1495 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – The League of Venice, with troops commanded by Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan and Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, succeeeds after more than three months in liberating the Milanese city of Novara from French control, and forces Louis of Orleans to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256979#July–September", "title": "1495", "revid": 1365256979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1499, "year_label": "1499 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – King Louis XII of France and his troops seize Milan, driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza, and Leonardo da Vinci flees to Venice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369343359#October–December", "title": "1499", "revid": 1369343359, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#January–March", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Ludovico Sforza's Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan from the French during the Second Italian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#January–March", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#Deaths", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Deaths"}}]}