Giuseppe Garibaldi

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  • Born in Nice, Italy

    Born in Nice, Italy

    Son of Domenico Garibaldi: a fisherman and coastal trader
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    Garibaldi's Life Span

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    Lives as a sailor in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

  • Acquires his master's certificate as a merchant captain.

    Acquires his master's certificate as a merchant captain.

  • Joins Young Italy

    Joins Young Italy

    Giuseppe Marzzini's patriotic organization for the unification
    He visits the headquearters at Marseilles
  • Took part in a Mutiny

    Took part in a Mutiny

    Piedmontese Navy
    Revolt against authority for the republican cause
    Scentenced to death
  • Sails for Rio de Janeiro from Marseille

    Sails for Rio de Janeiro from Marseille

    Meets his wife Anita from Brazil
  • Rio Grande Independence

    Rio Grande Independence

    Fought for the Rio Grande in their attempt to be independent from the Brazillian Empire.
    Until 1840
  • Works in Montevideo

    Works in Montevideo

    schoolmaster
    trader
    cattle-herdsman
  • Orientale

    Orientale

    Put in command of the Uruguayan fleet
    against Manuel de Rosas, dictator of Argentina
  • Italian Legion

    Italian Legion

    put in charge at Montevideo
  • Proposition of Roman Republic

    Proposition of Roman Republic

    Fights many battles against the French and Austria.
    Works to defend Rome
    Huge bounty by Pope Pius put on his head but is protected by fellow Romans.
    Wife dies.
  • Offered a Ticker Tape Parade

    Offered a Ticker Tape Parade

    in NYC
    Only person to ever refuse it
    lived there for a few years
  • Lives and Sails in Peru until 1854

    Lives and Sails in Peru until 1854

  • Goes to Turin to meet Count Cavour

    Goes to Turin to meet Count Cavour

    the Piedmontese Prime Minister
    wants him to organize a corps of volunteers
    war against Austria
  • Battle Streak

    Battle Streak

    wins at Palermo, the capital of Sicily
    wins the battle of Milazzo, near Messina
    captures Naples, the largest town in Italy
    gives the whole of southern Italy to Cavour
  • Imprisioned for planning a March on Rome

    Imprisioned for planning a March on Rome

    Attempts again in 1867 and is stopped yet again
  • Joins France in the Franco-Prussian War

    Joins France in the Franco-Prussian War

  • Italy declares war on the Papal States

    Italy declares war on the Papal States

    Papal States fall to Italy
  • Garibaldi dies

    Garibaldi dies

  • Vatican City is established

    Vatican City is established

    Everlasting Impact on the Church