{"slug": "ludovico-sforza", "label": "Ludovico Sforza", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_Sforza", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236853", "qid": "Q236853", "description": "duke of Milan", "entries": 13, "years": 7, "span": [1452, 1508], "span_label": ["1452 CE", "1508 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "louis-xii", "label": "Louis XII", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "duke-of-milan", "label": "Duke of Milan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gian-galeazzo-sforza", "label": "Gian Galeazzo Sforza", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-viii-of-france", "label": "Charles VIII of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-milan", "label": "Duchy of Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venice", "label": "Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leonardo-da-vinci", "label": "Leonardo da Vinci", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1508)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#Births", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Ludovico Sforza succeeds his sister-in-law, Bona of Savoy, as regent of Milan for his 12-year-old nephew Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Bona's son and the Duke of Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#October–December", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 11", "text": "11 September 1494: French king Charles VIII and Louis of Orléans arrived in Asti and concluded an alliance with duke Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373708976#Events", "title": "1494 in France", "revid": 1373708976, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan upon the death of his nephew, the Duke Gian Galeazzo Sforza, and invites Charles VIII of France to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the First Italian War in the Italian Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353371082#October–December", "title": "1494", "revid": 1353371082, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1494, "year_label": "1494 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan, and invites Charles VIII of France to invade Italy in support of his claim, beginning the Italian War of 1494–98.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373708976#Events", "title": "1494 in France", "revid": 1373708976, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1495, "year_label": "1495 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – The League of Venice, with troops commanded by Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan and Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, succeeeds after more than three months in liberating the Milanese city of Novara from French control, and forces Louis of Orleans to flee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256979#July–September", "title": "1495", "revid": 1365256979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1499, "year_label": "1499 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – King Louis XII of France and his troops seize Milan, driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza, and Leonardo da Vinci flees to Venice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369343359#October–December", "title": "1499", "revid": 1369343359, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#January–March", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan from the French, but is soon driven out by the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373709206#Events", "title": "1500 in France", "revid": 1373709206, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Ludovico Sforza's Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan from the French during the Second Italian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371377541#January–March", "title": "1500", "revid": 1371377541, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Ludovico Sforza and his Swiss mercenary army retakes the city of Milan again from the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373709206#Events", "title": "1500 in France", "revid": 1373709206, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1500, "year_label": "1500 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – The Battle of Novara was fought in Milan between the forces of King Louis XII of France and the forces of Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan. Ultimately, Sforza was taken to France as a captive after his troops were defeated in battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350427137#Events", "title": "1500 in Italy", "revid": 1350427137, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1452)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#Deaths", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Deaths"}}]}