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Battle of Agnadello

Battle of Agnadello was a battle fought on 14 May 1509 at Agnadello, in what is now Italy. It was part of the War of the League of Cambrai, which ran from 1508 to 1516. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 8,000.

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Battle of Agnadello
Battle of Agnadello. Pierre-Jules Jollivet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought14 May 1509
WhereAgnadello, Italy45.450N, 9.567E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstRepublic of Venice
Part ofWar of the League of Cambrai1508 to 1516

Where it sits in the War of the League of Cambrai

Battle of Cadore, 1508Battle of Treviglio, 1509Battle of Casaloldo, 1509Battle of Agnadello, 1509Battle of Isola della Scala, 1509Siege of Padua, 1509Battle of the citadel of Vicenza, 1509Battle of Polesella, 1509Siege of Monselice, 1510Siege of Mirandola, 1510Siege of Trévise, 1511Siege of Treviso, 1511Battle of Ravenna, 1512Battle of Pavia, 1512Battle of Saint-Mathieu, 1512Siege of Crema, 1513Battle of Brest, 1513Battle of Blancs-Sablons Bay, 1513Battle of Novara, 1513Battle of Guinegate, 1513Siege of Dijon, 1513Battle of Flodden, 1513Battle of La Motta, 1513Battle of Marignano, 1515Siege of Asola, 151615081516Battle of Agnadello, 1509
25 placed engagements of the War of the League of Cambrai in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date14 May 1509
PlaceAgnadello, Italy
45.450N, 9.567E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength30,0008,000
Casualties and losses4,000+
Commanders
  • Louis XII
  • Charles II d'Amboise
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Agnadello
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Agnadello today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-24. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 96 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 80 to 125 m, 45 m of relief, flat country and today it is 51% cropland, 37% grassland, 6% tree cover.

cropland: 51%grassland: 37%tree cover: 6%built-up: 6%cropland 51%grassland 37%tree cover 6%built-up 6%
west to east, 10.0 km94 to 106 mnorth to south, 10.0 km84 to 120 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1509

Battle of Agnadello is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 942 in present-day Italy.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1754732, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Agnadello, revision 1370431087, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.