apr 8, 1500 - Battle of Novara

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Having captured Novara from the French after retaking Milan in the Italian Wars, Ludovico Sforza suffered from an inability to pay his troops. His army was annihilated at the Battle of Novara, and despite disguising himself as a Swiss pikeman in order to evade imprisonment by the French. However, he was betrayed by his own men and turned over to the French on April 15, before being sent to captivity in French dungeons until his death in 1508. The French regained possession of Milan.

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