Five Days of Milan

Five Days of Milan
Part of the First Italian War of Independence

The Five Days of Milan by Carlo Bossoli
Date18–22 March 1848
Location45°28′01″N 09°11′24″E / 45.46694°N 9.19000°E / 45.46694; 9.19000
Result

Milanese revolt victorious[1]

  • Radetzky retreats from Milan[2]
Belligerents
Milanese insurgents Austria
Commanders and leaders
Carlo Cattaneo
Gabrio Casati
Luciano Manara
[2][3][4][5]
Joseph Radetzky
Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
[6][7][8][9]
Strength
1,700 barricades[10]
armed with 600–650 firearms along with stones, bottles, clubs, pikes and swords [10][11]
12,000 garrison[7][12]
Casualties and losses
409–424 killed[3][6]
including 43 women and children
600+ wounded[6]
181 killed[13]
including 5 officers
235 wounded[6]
including 4 officers
150–180 captured[13]
Provisional Government of Milan
Governo provvisorio di Milano (in Italian)
1848–1848
CapitalMilan
Common languagesItalian, Lombard
GovernmentRepublic
President 
Historical eraRevolutions of 1848
9 June 1815
• Insurrection against Habsburg rule
18 March 1848
• Radetzky withdraws to Quadrilatero
22 March 1848
24 June 1859
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Kingdom of Sardinia

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.

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