Five Days of Milan

Provisional Government of Milan
*Governo provvisorio di Milano* (Italian)
Provisional Government of Milan Governo provvisorio di Milano (Italian);
1848–1848
Capital	Milan
Common languages	Italian, Lombard
Government	Republic
President
Historical era	Revolutions of 1848
• Congress of Vienna grants Lombardy–Venetia to the Austrian Empire	9 June 1815
• Insurrection against Habsburg rule	18 March 1848
• Battle of Custoza, thereafter returns to Habsburg rule	22-27 July 1848
• Battle of Solferino wins Lombardy for Italy	24 June 1859
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Kingdom of Sardinia

Five Days of Milan
	Part of the First Italian War of Independence
	; The Five Days of Milan by Carlo Bossoli
Date	18–22 March 1848
Location	Milan, Lombardy–Venetia; (present-day Italy)45°28′01″N 09°11′24″E / 45.46694°N 9.19000°E
Result	Milanese revolt victorious Radetzky retreats from Milan;
Belligerents
Milanese insurgents	Austria
Commanders and leaders
Carlo Cattaneo; Gabrio Casati; Luciano Manara;	Joseph Radetzky; Ludwig von Wohlgemuth;
Strength
1,700 barricades; armed with 600–650 firearms along with stones, bottles, clubs, pikes and swords	12,000 garrison
Casualties and losses
409–424 killed; including 43 women and children; 600+ wounded	181 killed; including 5 officers; 235 wounded; including 4 officers; 150–180 captured

The Five Days of Milan (Italian: Cinque giornate di Milano [ˈtʃiŋkwe dʒorˈnaːte di miˈlaːno]) was an insurrection and a major event in the Revolutionary Year of 1848 that started the First Italian War of Independence. On 18 March, a rebellion arose in the city of Milan which in five days of street fighting drove Marshal Radetzky and his Austrian soldiers from the city.