Ingreso garibaldi napoles

Italian Unification.

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  • Magenta and Solferino's battle.

    Magenta and Solferino's battle.
    Cavour managed to get France to support the Italian demands against the Austrians in exchange for Piedmont giving him Savoy and Nice. In this same year, the French-Piedmontese army defeated the Austrians in Magenta and Solferino, who handed over Lombardy to Piedmont.

  • Garibaldi's 'red shirts' expedition. Abdication of Victor Emmanuel II.

    Garibaldi's 'red shirts' expedition. Abdication of Victor Emmanuel II.
    Southern italy joined piamontr after the expedition of Garibaldi's 'red shirts', which seized Naples and Sicily. In 1861, the first Italian parliament met in Turin. Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king.

  • Franco-Prussian War.

    Franco-Prussian War.
    Piedmont supported Prussia in its war against Austria, and in return it annexed Venice.

  • The taking/conquest of Rome.

    The taking/conquest of Rome.
    Piedmontese took advantage of the withdrawal of the French by the Franco-Prussian War to occupy Rome. The pope did not recognize this occupation, but the city became the capital of Italy.