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Jean-Baptiste Grosson, royal notary, wrote from 1770 to 1791 the historical Almanac of Marseille, published as Recueil des antiquités et des monuments marseillais qui peuvent intéresser l'histoire et les arts ("Collection of antiquities and Marseille monuments which can interest history and the arts"), which for a long time was the primary ...
The 23/24 attacks scored some direct hits on gun positions in the Marseille area and roaming fighter bombers took on targets of opportunity. [2]: 125 On 21 August the approaches to Marseille were cut, isolating the Marseille garrison. [7] Units closed in on the suburbs. The Germans blew up the Marseille Transporter Bridge to try to block the port.
August–September 1524: Siege of Marseille (1524). Conducted by an Imperial army under Charles de Bourbon (who had recently betrayed Francis I) and Fernando de Avalos against the French defenders of Marseille. Although Avalos heavily looted the surrounding countryside, he was unsuccessful in seizing the city; and, faced with the arrival of ...
The Risorgimento movement emerged to unite Italy in the 19th century. Piedmont-Sardinia took the lead in a series of wars to liberate Italy from foreign control. Following three Wars of Italian Independence against the Habsburg Austrians in the north, the Expedition of the Thousand against the Bourbons of the Two Sicilies in the south, and the Capture of Rome, the unification of the country ...
1481 - Marseille united with Provence. 1486 - Marseille becomes part of France. [1] 1524 - Town besieged by forces of Francis I. [2] 1531 - Château d'If built. 1542 - Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins (church) dedicated. 1593 - Hotel Dieu (hospital) founded. 1599 - Marseille Chamber of Commerce founded. [6]
The Florentine–Milanese Wars or Visconti Wars [1] were three separate but connected conflicts in 1390–1402 between the Republic of Florence and her allies against the expansionist designs of the lordship (from 1395 Duchy) of Milan under Gian Galeazzo Visconti.
The number of Free French troops grew with their successes in North Africa and the invasion of Italy by the Army of Africa. ... At Marseille, the French took over ...
The Italic League established in 1454 achieved a balance of power in Italy, but fell apart after the death of its chief architect, Lorenzo de' Medici, in 1492. [1] Combined with the ambition of Ludovico Sforza, its collapse allowed Charles VIII of France to invade Naples in 1494, which drew in Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Although Charles ...