The Five Days of Milan was an uprising in the city, then part of the Austrian-ruled Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, that began on 18 March 1848 during the revolutions that swept Europe. Milanese citizens of all classes, led by figures such as the republican thinker Carlo Cattaneo, built barricades and fought the garrison commanded by Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky. After five days of street fighting, Radetzky pulled his troops back to the fortresses of the Quadrilateral. The King of Piedmont-Sardinia, Charles Albert, then declared war on Austria, which started the First Italian War of Independence. Radetzky won it in the summer, and Milan came under Austrian control again.
Before and after
- from 22 February 1848 to 2 December 1848French Revolution of 1848
- 23 February 1848Death of John Quincy Adams
- from 24 February 1848 to 2 December 1852French Second Republic
- from 15 March 1848 to 4 October 1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848
- from 18 March 1848 to 22 March 1848Five Days of Milan
- from 24 March 1848 to 8 May 1851First Schleswig War
- June 1848Publication of Deșteaptă-te, române!
- 7 June 1848Birth of Paul Gauguin
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
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