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Ludovico Sforza

duke of Milan

8 dated entries naming Ludovico Sforza, drawn from 7 separate years between 1452 CE and 1508 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1452July 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)source
  • 1480November 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.source
  • 1494October 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.source
  • 1495September 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.source
  • 1499October 26 – King Louis XII of France and his troops seize Milan, driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza, and Leonardo da Vinci flees to Venice.source
  • 1500February 5 – Ludovico Sforza's Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan from the French during the Second Italian War.source
  • 1500January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.source

16th century

  • 1508May 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)source

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