Five Days of Milan

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.