Five Days of Milan
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The Five Days of Milan 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 w
The Five Days of Milan by Carlo Bossoli
Statuary at the base of the 1895 monument to the Five Days of Milan by Giuseppe Grandi.
A milanese barricade during the 'five days'
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
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Johann Josef Wenzel Anton Franz Karl, Graf Radetzky von Radetz was a Czech nobleman and Austrian field marshal. He served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg monarchy during the later period
Five Days of Milan
…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. In 1848, the Milanese launched an anti-Austrian campaign as early as 1 January. On New Year's Day the Milanese…
Portrait by Georg Decker
Josef Václav Radecký birth record 1766 (SOA Prague)
Chateau Třebnice, Radetzky's birthplace
Coat of arms of Radetzky