Siege of Nice

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Italian War of 1542
Nice – Ceresole – Serravalle – St. Dizier – Boulogne – Solent
Italian Wars
First – Second – League of Cambrai – Urbino – 1521 – League of Cognac – 1535 – 1542 – 1551

The Siege of Nice took place in August 1543, during the Italian War of 1542, when a combined Franco-Ottoman force attacked and captured the Imperial city of Nice.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Arnold, Renaissance at War, 180; Blockmans, Emperor Charles V, 72–73; Oman, Art of War, 213.

[edit] References

  • Arnold, Thomas F. The Renaissance at War. Smithsonian History of Warfare, edited by John Keegan. New York: Smithsonian Books / Collins, 2006. ISBN 0-06-089195-5.
  • Blockmans, Wim. Emperor Charles V, 1500–1558. Translated by Isola van den Hoven-Vardon. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-340-73110-9.
  • Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.
  • Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. Encyclopedia of Wars. Volume 2. New York: Facts on File, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-2851-6.
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