dec 26, 1870 - Unification of Italy

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Camillo di Cavour –
-prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia
-allied with France in Crimean War in order to gain France's support in Italy's unification
-provoked Austria into a war to regain parts of northern Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi –
-leader of the volunteer Redshirt Army
-unified all of southern Italy
-submits to Cavour rather than start a civil war
Victor Emmanuel II (r.1861-1878) –
-first king of a unified Italy
-classical
-national pride

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