Italy convulsed by foreign Armies and domestic Quarrels

1492.

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Ludovico Sforza invites Charles VIII. of France into Italy,
instigating him to assert his Right to the Neapolitan Crown

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Entrance of the French into Italy; causes great Commotion in
Florence; the Overthrow and Exile of the Medicean Family

1493.

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Italy overrun by Charles

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