Italian unification

  • Cavour met with Napoleon III

  • A french and Piedmontese army defeated Austria, winning the region of Lombardie and Piedmont

  • Garibaldi and his army of 'red shirts' conquered Naples and Sicily

  • Vittorio Emanuele 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 tha capital of Italy

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