Five Days of Milan
The Five Days of Milan (Italian: Cinque giornate di Milano [ˈtʃiŋkwe dʒorˈnaːte di miˈlaːno]) was an insurrection and a major event in the Revolutionary Year of 1848 that started the First Italian War of Independence. On 18 March, a rebellion arose in the city of Milan which in five days of street fighting drove Marshal Radetzky and his Austrian soldiers from the city.
| Five Days of Milan | |||||||
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| Part of the First Italian War of Independence | |||||||
The Five Days of Milan by Carlo Bossoli | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Milanese insurgents | Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Carlo Cattaneo Gabrio Casati Luciano Manara |
Joseph Radetzky Ludwig von Wohlgemuth | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,700 barricades armed with 600–650 firearms along with stones, bottles, clubs, pikes and swords | 12,000 garrison | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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409–424 killed including 43 women and children 600+ wounded |
181 killed including 5 officers 235 wounded including 4 officers 150–180 captured | ||||||
Provisional Government of Milan Governo provvisorio di Milano (in Italian) | |||||||||
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| 1848–1848 | |||||||||
| Capital | Milan | ||||||||
| Common languages | Italian, Lombard | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
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| Historical era | Revolutions of 1848 | ||||||||
| 9 June 1815 | |||||||||
• Insurrection against Habsburg rule | 18 March 1848 | ||||||||
• Radetzky withdraws to Quadrilatero | 22 March 1848 | ||||||||
• Battle of Solferino wins Lombardy for Italy | 24 June 1859 | ||||||||
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