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The kingdom of Italy adopted a liberal Constitution
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Victor Emmanuel II became king of Sardina-Piedmont.
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Cavour strengthened the country through out his life as a prime-minister by promoting industry, building raildroads, and improving agriculture.
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Victor Emmanuel II names Cavour as his prime minister
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The French Emporer Napolean III agreed to help drive Austria out of the Northern Italian Penninsula
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Sardina-Piedmont unifies Italy byusing territorial annexations.
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Sardina annexed Lomardy from Austria.
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Victor Emmanuel II became the king of Italy.
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In Parma, Modena and Tuscany, pro Austria rulers were driven out. The people voted for annexation to Sardina.
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A small army of Italian nationalist rebels, led by Giribaldi, capture Sicily
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Cavour ordered Sardinian troops into the Papal states. He then announced the annexation of the Papal states, which joined the sothern part and northern parts of Italy
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Wilhelm I succeeded Frederick William to the throne
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The kingdom of Italy is proclaimed
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Wilhelm chose a Junker named Otto von Bismarck to be his prime minister.
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Bismarck's request for military funding was denied
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Bismarck virtually ruled as a dictator because he did not get funds from legislature
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Prussia and Austria formed an alliance and invaded Denmark. They took two border provinces, Schleswig and Holstein.
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Austria declared war on Prussia because of tension
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The Italians invaded Venetia, but were defeated. However, the Prussian armies quickly overwhelmed the Austrians. By peace treaty Austria ceded Venetia to Italy.
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France withdrew its troops in Rome that were protecting the pope, so Italians occupied it and annexed it as the capital of Italy.
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By the Treaty of Frankfurt, France ceded Alsase and Lorraine to Germany, and by treating the French harshley, they planted the seeds for WWI