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Battle of Anghiari (1440)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1440

On 29 June 1440, Florentine allied forces defeated Milanese mercenaries at Anghiari in Tuscany, thwarting a Visconti invasion of Florence's hinterlan…

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  1. 1440Tuscany · TuscanyMilanese duke Filippo Maria Visconti ordered the condottiero Niccolò Piccinino to march south, attempting to sever Florence's links with Venice and the Papal States and to seize strategic points in Tuscany.
  2. 1440Anghiari · TuscanyThe Florence–Venice–Papal alliance army, commanded by Michele Attendolo and others, met the Milanese on the plain of Anghiari. After hours of fierce fighting the Milanese broke and Piccinino was forced to retreat north.
  3. 1440–1441Florence · TuscanyFlorence consolidated its control over Tuscany and enhanced its international prestige. The battle became a symbolic victory in Renaissance political memory, later depicted repeatedly by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Vasari.

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