Italy Timeline
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Updated: 12 Jan 2018
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Risorgimento 1815
It was the political and social movement
that consolidated different states of the
Italian peninsula into the single state of
the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century.
AKA Italian UnificationRisorgimento EndedCamillo Cavour 1861
Italian statesman whose exploitation
of international rivalries and of
revolutionary movements brought
about the unification of Italy under
the House of Savoy, with himself as
the first prime minister of the new kingdom.Austro-Sardinian Warn 1859
This campaign led to the unification
of Italy and the foundation of the
Red Cross. It was the first war in
which both sides used the new
industrial technologies of railways,
the telegraph, and rifled weapons.Napoleon III
Elected president of the Second
French Republic in 1848Giuseppe Garibaldi 1861
Italian patriot whose conquest
of Sicily and Naples led to the
formation of the Italian stateRed Shirts 1843
Formed by Giuseppe Garibaldi
used in warAustro-Prussian War 1866
Advancements in technology,
needle gun for Austria. Both
sides are using trains and telegraphsKing Victor Emmanuel II 1861
Assumed title of King of Italy
and became the first king of
a united Italy since the 6th centuryFranco-Prussian War 1870
A conflict between France and Prussia
that signaled the rise of German
military power and imperialism.
It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck
as part of his plan to create a unified
German Empire.Crimean War 1853
It was fought by an alliance of Britain,
France, Turkey and Sardinia against
Russia. It broke out in October 1853New
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