Italian unification By aliinavarro4_ 1859 Cavour met with Napoleon III 1859 A french and Piedmontese army defeated Austria, winning the region of Lombardie and Piedmont 1860 Garibaldi and his army of 'red shirts' conquered Naples and Sicily 1861 Vittorio Emanuele became the first king of Italy 1866 In return for supporting Prussia against Austria, Italy was given Venice 1870 Roma was occupied by the Piedmontese and became tha capital of Italy