German/Italian Unification timeline
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Updated: 12 Jan 2018
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Created byJoseph Heine
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Risorgimento ideology
established throughout Italy
after the defeat of Napoleon.(November 4, 1852)
Camilo di Cavour
is named
Prime Minister of Sardinia.Crimean War (Oct 5, 1853 – Mar 30, 1856)
War between Russia and
the Ottoman Empire for
control of the Crimean Peninsula.
The Ottomans, with Sardinian support,
took control of the peninsulaAustro-Sardinian War:
(29 April – 11 July 1859)
War between Austria and the
combined forces of Central Italy
and Sardinia which ultimately
resulted in the Italians
finally gaining their
independence from
the AustriansNapoleon III,
President of France
(20 December 1848 –
2 December 1852)
then Emperor of the French,
(2 December 1852 –
4 September 1870), who sent
troops to aid Sardinia
in the fight against
Austria in the
Austro-Sardinian War.Giuseppe Garibaldi
(July 26, 1866)
Leader of the
Redshirts, who
were a small band of
nationalists fighters who
played a pivotal role in
unifying Italy.King Victor Emmanuel II
named the first King
of Italy (March 17, 1861)Austro-Prussian War
(14 June – 26 July 1866)
War between Austria and Prussia
which resulted in the formation
of Austria-Hungary and
the Italian annexation of Venetia.Franco-Prussian War
(July 19, 1870–May 10, 1871)
Started because of a member
of the Prussian royal family
taking the Spanish throne.
Saw the end of the
Second French Empire,
formation of the Third French Republic,
and the formation of the German Empire.Zollverein (Customs Union):
January 1, 1834:
German trade confederation
between a majority of the
states in Germany.
Was a critical step to
the reunification of
Germany.Iron and Blood Speech
(30 September 1862)
Speech given by Otto
von Bismarck which
was meant to persuade the
Prussian House of
Representatives to go to
war in order to unify
Germany.Kaiser Wilhelm I
(January 18, 1871)
First Emperor of
Germany. Coronation
on January 18, 1871.Bismarck appointed Chancellor:
1 July 1867: Bismarck is
appointed Chancellor of
the Northern German
Confederation, and
with his political
maneuvering over the
following 4 years,
Germany was unified.Ems Dispatch
(July 13, 1870)
Telegram sent by Otto
von Bismarck which
provoked France into
mobilizing its military,
thus starting the Franco-Prussia,
which ended in the
defeat of France and
the Unification of Germany.Northern German Confederation
(18 August 1866 -18 January 1871) Confederation of German
states formed after the
Seven Weeks’ War, whose
constitution served as a
basis for that of the
German Empire’s.Danish War
(24 March 1848 – 8 May 1852)
War between the
German Confederation
who was aided by Prussia,
and Denmark to determine
control of the Schleswig and
Holstein duchies.
Denmark maintained
control of the duchies
after the end of the war.Frankfurt Assembly
(May 1, 1848-May 31, 1849)
First freely elected parliament
for all of Germany.
Established a parliamentary
democracy in Germany.Periods
Italian unification period
(June 15, 1815-March 17 1861)German unification period
(January 1, 1834 - January 18, 1871)
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