Italian unification

March 18, 1848 – January 26, 1871

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.

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Battles 1

May 5 – October 26, 1860
Expedition of the Thousand Giuseppe Garibaldi

Battle sites 1

Key commanders

Other 4

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour Prime Minister of Sardinia, Directed unification through diplomacy and war · 1810–1861 Giuseppe Garibaldi General, Conquered Sicily and Naples with the Thousand · 1807–1882 Giuseppe Mazzini Revolutionary, Inspired the nationalist movement · 1805–1872 Victor Emmanuel II King of Sardinia, then of Italy, Became the first King of Italy in 1861 · 1820–1878