Genoese to swear loyalty to him. April 1507: Imperial Diet of Konstanz. Maximilian I declared Louis XII of France an enemy of Christianity and a threat to Italy, and requested (and received) funding for an Italienzug. Louis XII denied seeking war with the Empire or the Papacy. 14 May 1507: Louis XII left Genoa and held a similar triumphal entry in Milan. Late June 1507: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon met at Savona to lay the groundwork for the League of Cambrai against Venice, most likely intending to include Maximilian and the Pope into the coalition. July 1507: The Imperial Diet promised Maximilian 12,000 troops for his Italienzug. Because this was not enough to challenge the French in Milan, as he originally intended, Maximilian later ended up deciding to attack Venice instead on the grounds of refusing to ally with him against France, and refusing him passage to Rome. Maximilian's Italienzug (1508) 24 January 1508: Maximilian requested permission to march to Rome through Venetian territory, but the Venetians suspected the ruse and prepared for war. 4 February 1508: Maximilian I proclaimed himself Holy Roman Emperor in Trento. Early February 1508: Maximilian declared war on Venice. Venice requested France, then still their ally, to send aid, which Chaumont did in the form of several thousand troops from Milan. 20–21 February 1508: Imperial troops invaded Venice, sacking Ampezzo and besieging the Castello di Botestagno. 23 February 1508: Imperials captured Pieve di Cadore. 24 February 1508: Skirmish at Chiusa di Venas, Imperial victory over Venice. 27 February 1508: Imperials captured Castello di Botestagno. 2 March 1508: Battle of Cadore. Venetian victory over the Emperor. March–May 1508: Successful Venetian counter-offensives into Imperial territory. The Venetians captured Trieste on 6 May. Summer 1508: Venice agreed to a separate three-year truce with Maximilian without the knowledge or consent of Louis of France. Angered by this 'betrayal', Louis sought to punish the Venetians, and started contemplating a Franco-German alliance with Maximilian against Venice. War of the League of Cambrai proper (1508–1510) Late November – 10 December 1508: The League of Cambrai was formally concluded. 14 May 1509: Battle of Agnadello. French (Cambrai) victory over Venice. 15–30 September 1509: Siege of Padua. Venetian victory over the League of Cambrai. 22 December 1509: Battle of Polesella. Ferrarese (Cambrai) victory over Venice. February 1510: Pope Julius II left the League of Cambrai, and signed peace with