ELD4854762: In 1438, during the war between Venice and Milan, Niccolo Piccinino, fighting for the duchy of Milan Filippo Maria Visconti, tried to take the city of Brescia, in Lombardy, but Scaramuccia da Forli, fighting for Venice, intervened successfully to raise the siege) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4854812: Proclamation of the Ambrosian Republic (Repubblica Ambrosiana), a Republican government created in Milan in 1447 by a group of nobles and jurists of the University of Pavia, Gibelins and Viscontians, following the emptiness left by the death of the Duke of Milan, Philippe Marie Visconti - (The Golden Ambrosian Republic (Aurea Repubblica Ambrosiana, 144brosiana) 7-1450) was a short-lived government founded in Milan by members of the University of Pavia with popular support) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images