Battle of Cerignola

The Battle of Cerignola was fought on 28 April 1503 between Spanish and French armies outside the town of Cerignola, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Bari. The Spanish force under the command of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba comprising around 9,000 men, including 2,000 Landsknecht pikemen, 1,000 arquebusiers and 20 cannons, defeated the French force of 9,000 men, mainly gendarme heavy cavalry and Swiss mercenary pikemen, with about 40 cannons, led by Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, who was killed during the battle.

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1041 Battle of Montemaggiore

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1392 Battle of Ascoli

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1502 Siege of Canosa di Puglia

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Gran Capitán Duque Nemours

Battaglia di Cerignola

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	208	Battle of Canusium	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	209	Battle of Herdonia	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	211	Battle of Herdonia	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	215	Battle of Cannae	Maharbal, Ancient Carthage, Hannibal, battle, Hasdrubal Barca, Gaius Terentius Varro, Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Ancient Rome, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Marcus Minucius Rufus, Gaius Calpurnius Piso	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	278	Battle of Asculum	Roman Republic, Aetolia, battle, Umbri, Acarnania, Samnites, Epirus, Lucanians	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1018	Battle of Cannae (1018)	Byzantine Empire, Lombards, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1041	Battle of Montemaggiore	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1392	Battle of Ascoli	battle, Ladislaus of Naples, Louis II of Naples, Alberico da Barbiano	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1502	Siege of Canosa di Puglia	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1503	Battle of Cerignola	Kingdom of France, battle, Catholic Monarchy	Wikidata
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commons	image		Gran Capitán Duque Nemours		Commons
commons	image		Battaglia di Cerignola		Commons