The Ultimate Famous Battles Quiz | War History

Answer: 1859

The battle of Magenta, a little town in northern Italy not so far from Milano, was fought on June 4, 1859, during the Second War of Italian Independence, when the French and Sardinian-Piemontese forces defeated the Austrians.

Answer: False

These battles were fought the same year, but the battle of Magenta was on the 4th June 1859, while the battle of Solferino (a little town close to Mantova, in Lombardy) occurred on the 24th June 1859. It was a very bloody battle which put an end to the Second War of Italian Independence and contributed to the unification of Italy.

Answer: 1849

The Battle of Novara (March 23, 1849) was fought at Novara, not so far from Milano, in the second phase of the First War of Italian Independence, when Charles Albert of Savoy, the king of Sardinia-Piedmont, hoped to defeat the Austrians who had routed him at the Battle of Custoza in 1848.

But his hopes were frustrated as the battle of Novara was unfortunately a new defeat which forced Charles Albert to abdicate in favour of his son Victor Emmanuel II.

Answer: 1525

The Battle of Pavia in northern Italy, on the Ticino River, occurred in 1525, when Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, not only defeated Francis I, King of France, but also took him prisoner. The Battle of Pavia forms part of the so-called Italian Wars which, starting from 1494, afflicted Italy that was divided into several rival states, thus being hostage to European powers, principally France and Spain. On that occasion Francis I wrote to his mother this famous phrase: "All is lost save honour".

Answer: 1866

The second Battle of Custoza was fought and lost on June 24, 1866 , during the Third War of Italian Independence, while the first Battle of Custoza, in Northern Italy, near Verona, was the scene of another Austrian victory over Sardinia in 1848, during the First War of Italian Independence.

Answer: 1860

The battles of Calatafimi (May 15, 1860) and Milazzo (July 20,1860) were fought between the Mille expedition of Garibaldi and the Bourbon army, in Sicily. Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand was a volunteer force that had sailed from Genova, in northern Italy, to free Southern Italy and Sicily from Bourbon rule.

This expedition had a happy ending thanks to military victories of Giuseppe Garibaldi and permitted the union of southern Italy and Sicily with the north in 1861 under Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, first king of united Italy.

Answer: True

In the First Punic War (264-241 BC) the Romans wanted to wrest command of the sea from Carthage. So they built their first fleet and in 260 BC, led by the consul Caius Duilius, gained a victory over the Carthaginians. This naval battle at Mylae (modern Milazzo, NE Sicily) was Rome's first naval triumph.

Answer: 1800

The Battle of Marengo, close to Alessandria in Piemont, Northern Italy, occurred on June 14, 1800, when Austrian Army troops attacked several isolated divisions of a French army commanded by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. It was a French victory under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrians.

Answer: 1571

The Battle of Lepanto, in the Corinthian Gulf, Greece, occurred on October 7, 1571 between Ottoman naval forces and the naval power of Venice, Spain and the Pope,aided by some minor contributions from Genova and other Italian states, as well as by the Knights of Malta.

The European fleet commanded by Don Juan D'Austria defeated the Ottomans so that they lost their control on seas, especially on the western part of the Mediterranean Sea.

Answer: 1918

The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, October-November 1918, was the final action fought on the Italian Front in World War I. It took place in NE Italy and was a crushing victory of the Italians and their allies over the Austro-Hungarian army, so that it heralded the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.