Italian Wars
1494 CE – 1559 CE · 65 years
Sixty-five years of conflict that turned Renaissance Italy into a battleground for European great powers — ending Italian independence for centuries.
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Italian Wars on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- France
- Spain
- Holy Roman Empire
- Italian city-states
Key moments
Defining events in the Italian Wars.
- 1495 Fornovo
- 1512 Ravenna
- 1525 Pavia
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Bruges
1200 CE – 1500 CE
Polity · Europe
Spain
Founded 1516 CE · attested to 2026 CETrade route · Europe
Genoa–Constantinople Route
1000 CE – 1500 CEConflict · Europe
Ottoman–Safavid Wars
1514 CE – 1639 CE
Landmark · Europe
Jerónimos Monastery
1501 CE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Ryazan
1097 CE – 1521 CETrade route · Europe
Portuguese Spice Route
1498 CE – 1700 CE.png/500px-Italia._Cambiamenti_territoriali_(1495-1535).png)
Conflict · Europe
War of the League of Cambrai
1508 CE – 1516 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1494 CE and 1559 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Italian WarsWaylon1104 · Public domain
- BrugesZairon · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of the Kingdom of SpainAntonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán · Public domain
- Jerónimos MonasteryHeartshade · CC BY 4.0
- Principality of RyazanHellerick · CC BY-SA 4.0
- War of the League of Cambrai-kayac- · CC BY-SA 3.0
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