Second Italian War of Independence
April 27 – July 11, 1859 · Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Result Franco-Sardinian victory
France and the Kingdom of Sardinia fought the Austrian Empire in northern Italy. After French-Sardinian victories at Magenta and Solferino, Austria gave Lombardy to Sardinia, a key step toward Italian unification.
Second French Empire
Austrian Empire
Other
Strength and losses
- Killed
- c. 22,500
Battles and events 9
- Battle of Montebello (1859) May 20, 1859 · Franco-Italian victory
- Battle of Varese May 26, 1859
- Battle of San Fermo May 27, 1859 · Sardinian victory
- Battle of Palestro May 31, 1859 · Franco-Sardinian victory
- Battle of Turbigo June 3, 1859 · French victory
- Battle of Magenta June 4, 1859 · Franco-Italian victory
- 1859 Perugia uprising June 14–20, 1859
- Battle of Treponti June 27, 1859 · Austrian victory
- Armistice of Villafranca July 11, 1859
Also involved 15
- Luigi Federico Menabrea
- Luigi Pelloux
- François Achille Bazaine
- Louis-Jules Trochu
- Carlo Pellion di Persano
- Joseph Vinoy
- Eduard Clam-Gallas
- Charles Auguste Frossard
- Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau
- Antoine Chanzy
- Josip Filipović
- Antonio Baldissera
- Enrico Cosenz
- Élie Frédéric Forey
- Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine