Fourth Phase - Alliance between Venice and France
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Was the fourth phase of the War of the League of Cambrai, one of the so-called Italian Wars.
Chronology
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May 1513: At the end of May 1513, a French army commanded by Louis de la Trémoille crossed the Alps and advanced towards Milan, conquering it.
September 1516: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, led the invasion of Milan in 1516 during the Italian Wars. The city was under the control of the Holy Roman Empire through military occupation. The conflict was part of the power struggle between European states for control over the Italian peninsula.
June 1513: The Swiss army, led by General Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, was defending Novara against the French forces commanded by Louis XII. The Swiss were outnumbered and lacked artillery, leading to a fierce siege as the French sought to reclaim the territory.
June 1513: On 6 June, the Swiss defeated the French army in the battle of Novara, forcing French general Trémoille to abandon Milan.
September 1513: In 1513, during the War of the League of Cambrai, the French commander La Palice was defeated by the English forces led by the Earl of Surrey in the Battle of Guinegatte. As a result, Tournai was conquered by England and remained under military occupation.
September 1513: While the Spaniards were unable to conquer Padua thanks to the determined Venetian resistance, they penetrated deep into Venetian territory and towards the end of September they were in sight of Venice.
October 1513: Venetian captain Alviano's army, having been reinforced by hundreds of volunteers from the Venetian nobility, pursued the Spanish led by Cardona and confronted him outside Vicenza on 7 October.
January 1514: In Navarre, resistance to Fernando of Aragon's invasion collapsed and he quickly consolidated his power over the whole region.
January 1515: Henry VIII, having failed to gain significant territory, concluded a separate peace with France.
August 1515: The French avant-garde surprised the Milanese cavalry in Villafranca Piemonte, capturing the leader Prospero Colonna.
January 1517: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, retreated from the duchy of Milan in December 1516. This retreat led to the territory falling under the control of tFrance.
September 1515: The morning of 14 September 1515 resulted in a strategically decisive victory for King Francis I of France and the Republic of Venice, allowing them to retake all of the Duchy of Milan from the Swiss forces.
January 1516: The French conquer Modena and Reggio.
