Italian Unification

  • Congress of Vienna

    This meeting restored Austrian domination but left Italy seperated
  • Period: to

    Italians struggle

    The Italians are unhappy with their lives.
  • Giuseppi Mazzini starts a revolutionary movement

    Young Italy begins
  • Period: to

    Italian states reform

    Italian states reform to weaken revolution
  • revolutions begin in seperate Italian states

    The reform creates different revolts in seperate Italian states
  • Italy unifies

    Italian states unify under liberal constitution
  • Victor Emmanuel II becomes prime minister

  • Sicily is captured

    Giuseppe Garibaldi leads a small army into Sicily and captures it
  • Venetia becomes a part of Italy

  • seven weeks war

    Prussia defeats Austria in seven weeks war
  • Italy captures Papal States

  • Franco-Prussian war

    Napoleon retreats from Rome.