1 Jan 1870 Jahr - Unification of Italy:
After Napoleon lost control
of Italyafter the Battle of Waterloo,
Giuseppe Mazzini tried to start a
"secret society" of Italians.
Unfortunately for Giuseppe,
Sardinia took over Italy in 1849.
They also conquered many other
countries in the "Italian States"
region. Rome was one of the last
to be unified, and when all of those
states were controlled by one
power they decided to call it Italy
(hence "The Unification of Italy").