Sforza, returning to the siege of Piacenza …
Years: 1448 - 1448
March
Sforza, returning to the siege of Piacenza and finding the city not likely to crumble by starvation, resolves to storm it.
Employing cannons in an almost unheard-of manner, he opens up a breach in the walls and sacks the city.
The news of this sack is greeted by three days' rejoicing in Milan.
