Two attempts at Custoza, Italy, to end Austrian control over northern Italy.
In the first battle (July 24, 1848), an Austrian army under Charles Albert . In the second battle (June 24, 1866), as part of an Italian effort to acquire Austrian-held Venetia, a disorganized Italian army of 120,000 men, led by Victor Emmanuel II , was defeated by an 80,000-man Austrian force. Despite its defeats, Italy subsequently obtained Venetia in the Treaty of Vienna (1866).