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Name: War of Ferrara

Type: Event

Start: 1482 AD

End: 1484 AD

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Was a war between the Signoria (Lordship) of Ferrara and an alliance of Italian states that included The Republic of Venice and the Papal States.

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  • July 1482: In 1482, the Republic of Venice, led by Doge Agostino Barbarigo, launched an attack from Ravenna, a city under their control, towards Argenta. The Venetian forces successfully captured Argenta from the southeast during this military campaign.
  • June 1482: Siege of Ficarolo, which capitulated on 29 June, by Venetian forces.
  • August 1482: The duke of Calabria Alfonso, who was the son of King Ferdinand I of Naples, invaded the Papal State in 1482 in order to reach Ferrara.
  • August 1482: Battle of Campomorto.
  • November 1482: The Venetians, led by Doge Agostino Barbarigo and General Roberto Sanseverino, launched a military campaign against Ferrara, ruled by Duke Ercole I d'Este. The siege ended in December 1482 with Ferrara surrendering to Venice.
  • November 1482: Under pressure from the Duke of Milan Lodovico il Moro who feared that the Serenissima could become too powerful and therefore dangerous for the Duchy of Milan, the Pope decided to put an end to the War of Ferrara on his part and on November 28 1482 stipulated a truce, which was followed by peace on December 12.
  • June 1484: In May 1484, the Venetian fleet conquered the city of Gallipoli in Puglia in the Kingdom of Naples.

  • 1. Peace of Bagnolo


    Was a treaty that ended the War of Ferrara. Ferrara lost all its territories north ot the Po river to Venice.

  • August 1484: With the peace of Bagnolo, Venice kept almost all the conquered possessions. Ercole I d'Este regained Ariano, Corbola, Adria, Melara, Castelnuovo and Ficarolo, but lost all the other territories north of the Po.

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