History Italian Unification

  • 24 August of 1849

    24 August of 1849
    Venice fall to Austrian forces that have crushed the revellion in Venetia and other northern Italian states.
  • 1850

    1850
    Garibaldi moves to New York city after the Pope take control of Pompeii.
  • December

    December
    Tuscani, Parma, Modena and some other states join the United Provinces of Central Italy.
  • November 10

    November 10
    Treaty of Zurich ends conflict in northerm Italy for a time, Sardinia occupy some central Italian states.
  • July 1870

    July 1870
    With the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war, Napoleon III calls back troops from Rome
  • June 1871

    June 1871
    The Cpital of the Kingdom of Italy is officialy moved from Florence to Rome
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  • March 20 1860

    March 20 1860
    Sardinia anexes central Italian states by giving Nice and Savoy to French.
  • February 18 1860

    February 18 1860
    Victor Emmanuel II assumes title of King of Itally