battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Garigliano

Name: Battle of Garigliano
Start: 1503-12-29
Location: Gaeta, Italy

Battle of Garigliano was a battle fought on 29 December 1503 at Gaeta, in what is now Italy. It was part of the Italian Wars of 1499–1504, which ran from 1499 to 1504. The recorded result: Decisive Spanish victory. Recorded strength: 15,000 against 23,000.

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Fought29 December 1503

WhereGaeta, Italy41.217N, 13.567E

OutcomeDecisive Spanish victory

Belligerents20px Kingdom of Spainagainst22px Kingdom of France; 20px Marquisate of Saluzzo

Casualties and losses900and4,000

Part ofItalian Wars of 1499–15041499 to 1504

Record

Date	29 December 1503
Place	Gaeta, Italy 41.217N, 13.567E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	15,000	23,000
Casualties and losses	900	4,000
Commanders	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Bartolomeo d'Alviano Prospero Colonna Pedro Navarro Diego García de Paredes	Ludovico II of Saluzzo Piero the Unfortunate Francesco II Gonzaga Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Gaeta 1707, same recorded site
Siege of Gaeta 1815, same recorded site
Siege of Gaeta 1734, 0.7 km SE
Siege of Gaeta 1806, 0.8 km SE
Siege of Gaeta 1860, 1.2 km NW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1503 and 1860.

In the same war

Before: Siege of Forlì 19 December 1499

Elsewhere in 1503

Battle of Garigliano 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 Q1443091, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Garigliano (1503), revision 1382312809, 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.