Italian unification
March 18, 1848 – January 26, 1871
Related events (1 degree away • 2 degrees away)
Political and military movement, the Risorgimento, that joined the states of the Italian peninsula into the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed in 1861, with Rome as capital from 1871.
Location
- Italian peninsula 41.9028, 12.4964
Commanders
Other 4
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Prime Minister of Sardinia, Directed unification through diplomacy and war · 1810–1861
Victor Emmanuel II
King of Sardinia, then of Italy, Became the first King of Italy in 1861 · 1820–1878
Giuseppe Garibaldi
General, Conquered Sicily and Naples with the Thousand · 1807–1882
Giuseppe Mazzini
Revolutionary, Inspired the nationalist movement · 1805–1872
Entities involved
Battles 1
- Expedition of the Thousand May 5 – October 26, 1860
