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Congress of Vienna
Restored Australian domination over Italian Penninsula but left it into small split up states. -
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Unification Of Italy
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Young Italy
National reolitionary movement. Mazzini was in favor of untied republic. Revolutionary cells formed throughout Italian penninsula. -
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
He was an Italian revolutionary hero, and strived to get unification for Italy. He sailed from Genoa with Thousand Red Shirts and freed Sicily and Naples from the Bourbon King. He later died on June 2nd 1882. -
Major Reforms
took place in the Palpal states, Lucca, Tuscany, and Kingdom of Sardinia. Used to weaken revolutionary movements. -
Revolutions of 1848 in Italy
First took place in Kingdom of Sicily. Resulted in constitution for entire kingdom. -
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Victor Emmanuel II
Kept a Liberal constitutional government. -
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Cavour Ruling
Became prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont in 1852. Under his rule, Italy achieved unification less than decade. Austrians declared war against Cavour -
Lombardy Surrendered
The series of major battles between the French and the Austrains ended. The Austrains were defeated and Lombardy was surrendered to Napoleon III. He then handed it over to Victor Emmanuel II. -
King Of Italy
Italy finally became unified and Victor Emanuel II was crowned King of Italy. -
Venetia
The kingdom of Venetia was added to Italy but was still controlled by the Austrians. -
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Franco Prussian War
A conflict between 2nd French empire and German states. Napoleon III withdrew his troops from Rome. Italian troops moved into Rome without opposition. -
Capital of Italy
On this day, Rome became the capital of Italy.