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Battle of Solferino
Final battle of the Second Italian War of Independence
| Battle of Solferino | |
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| Part of the Second Italian War of Independence | |
The Battle of Solferino, bygd Adolphe Yvon | |
| Belligerents | |
| France Sardinia | Austria |
| Commanders and leaders | |
| Napoleon III Victor Emmanuel II | Franz namn I |
| Strength | |
| 82,935 infantry 9,162 cavalry 240 guns 37,174 infantry 1,562 cavalry 80 guns Total: 130,833 320 guns | 119,783 infantry 9,490 cavalry 429 guns Total: 129,273 429 guns[2] |
| Casualties and losses | |
| France: 3,887 killed Including 117 officers 8,530 wounded 1,518 missing[3] Sardinia: 691 killed Including 49 officers 3,572 wounded 1,258 missing[3] Total: c. 28,000 | 7,679 killed Including 216 officers 17,567 wounded 9,290 missing Total: c. 40,000[3] |
The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the
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Napoleonic Era and Timeline
Napoleon's Family
Joseph Bonaparte: Older brother of Napoleon, and like him, a professional soldier. He was named King of Naples and later King of Spain by Napoleon after those countries were conquered.
Joséphine de Beauharnais: First wife of Napoleon, and Empress of France. When she and Napoleon failed to have children, she agreed to a divorce. She was previously married to Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais, with whom she had a daughter, Hortense, whose son Charles Louis Napoleon became Napoleon III during the Second Empire.
Marie Louise, archduchess of Austria, second wife of Napoleon and mother of his son, Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte.
Napoleon II, King of Rome. Napoleon’s son and heir, who was referred to from birth as the King of Rome. Napoleon abdicated in his son’s favor in 1815, and the boy was recognized as Napoleon II for a few weeks before the Allies r
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Napoleonic Wars
- Austria: 350,220 killed in action[22] (500,000 total dead)
- Spain: more than 300,000 killed in action[23] and more than 586,000 dead in total including civilians
- Russia: 289,000 killed in action[25] (600,000 total dead including civilians)
- Prussia: 134,000 killed in action (300,000 total dead including civilians)
- United Kingdom: 125,000[26] killed in action (300,000 total dead)
- Portugal: up to 250,000 total dead or missing including civilians[26]
- Ottoman Empire: 50,000 total dead or missing[27]
Total: 4,000,000 total military and civilian dead or missing
French Empire:
- 306,000 French killed in action
- 65,000 French allies killed in action
- 800,000 French and allies killed by wounds, accidents or disease
- 600,000 civilians killed
Total: 2,000,000 dead[page needed]