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Neapolitan War

1815 · 19th century · Also known as Austro-Neapolitan War · Part of the Napoleonic Wars

The Neapolitan War was fought in 1815 between the Kingdom of Naples under Joachim Murat and the Austrian Empire. During Napoleon's Hundred Days, Murat declared war on Austria and called for Italian unity, but he was defeated at Tolentino in May 1815. Murat fled, and the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV was restored to Naples.

Neapolitan War
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