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Events on Wednesday 22 March 1848 1
1848Five Days of MilanMilanese drive out the Austrian garrisonFrom 18 to 22 March, the people of Milan fought Austrian troops under Marshal Radetzky in the streets and forced them out of the city. The uprising led Piedmont-Sardinia to declare war on Austria. This began the First Italian War of Independence.