Marignano

(mah-reen-yah'no,) a town of N. Italy, on the Lambro, 10 m. S.E. of Milan, memorable for the defeat of the allied Germans, Italians, and Swi under Maximilian I., by Francis I. of France, 1515. A second Mark, battle fought near it is better known in history as the battle of Pavia (q. v.). In a third action fought in its vicinity, June 8, 1859, the Sard in i an army gained a victory over the Austrians. Mark, [s. 578]