The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Airstrike">air raid</a> in history occurs; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venice">Venice</a><sup about="#mwt31" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_15#cite_note-5" id="mwow" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpA">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt28" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFBrett_Holman2009">Brett Holman (22 August 2009). <a class="external text" href="https://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/" id="mwB4c" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The first air bomb: Venice, 15 July 1849"</a>. Airminded<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB4g">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB4k">21 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt28" class="Z3988" id="mwB4o" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+first+air+bomb%3A+Venice%2C+15+July+1849&amp;rft.pub=Airminded&amp;rft.date=2009-08-22&amp;rft.au=Brett+Holman&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fairminded.org%2F2009%2F08%2F22%2Fthe-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+15"></span></span>