ITALIAN UNIFICATION

By lmillan

  • Cavour met with Napoleon III

  • A french and Piedmontese army defeated Austia, winning the region of Lombardy and Piedmont.

  • Garibaldi and his army of “red shirts” conquered Naples and Sicily

  • The Kingdom of Italy was proclamed. Vittorio Emanuele II became the first king of Italy

  • In return for supporting Prussia against Austria, Italy was given Venice.

  • Roma was occupied by the Piedmontese and became the capital of Italy