Holy League Against France Formed
March 31, 1495
Venice, Milan, the Papal States, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire allied to eject Charles VIII from Italy. The French king fought his way back across the Alps at Fornovo in July, losing his baggage train but keeping his army mostly intact. The Italian Wars had acquired their pattern: coalition, invasion, retreat, repeat.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.