may 1, 1860 - Garibaldi and his Red Shirts
Description:
Garibaldi took himself and his 1,089 "Red Shirts" to Sicily and conquered it and Southern Italy.This frightened Cavour and had him contemplating new rivalry.But Garibaldi was no threat and in fact passed the captured lands over to the Cavour the PM of Sardinia.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1860
Now
~ 164 years ago
