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1815
The Congress of Vienna splits up the Italian states apart again. When Italy was invaded by Napoleon, the states were unified under one government. However, when Napoleon was defeated, the Congress of Vienna split the states up. -
1831
giuseppe mazzini Formed Young Italy in 1831, a nationalist groupthat fought for the unification of Italy.He was a writer who wanted nationalism. He was even exiled because of his opinions on nationalism. -
1852
camillo di cavour(Rebelled against Austria to unite the Italian states...and won.)
Known as "the brain" of Italian Unification. He became prime minister of Sardinia and planned to overthrow the Austrian government, so the Italian states would become united. His plan worked because France supported Sardinia, after Sardinia had supported France in a war. -
1860
The fight for unification between Italian states continues.
Giuseppe Garibaldi
He continued fighting so the rest of Italy's states would be unified. Became part of Young Italy in 1833. He was exiled to South America because of his nationalist activities. When in South America, he learned Guerrilla Warfare, which he later used to gain control of Sicily. He had followers called "Red Shirts." During this war, Garibaldi, the Red Shirts, and Cavour gained Lombardy, Sicily, and Naples. -
1861
The states of Italy voted and decided to be unified.
Italy becomes united under the rule of King Victor Emmanuel. They did this by electing if the Italian States should be unified or not. Unification did not apply to Venetia or the Papal States, only because Venetia was still belonged to Austria and the Papal States was where the French troops supported the pope. Unification was complete when the Italians sided with Prussians in a war between the Austrians and Prussians. -
1871
rome is declared the capital of Italy although Italy is unified they are still reasons why many Italians aren´t unified -
1882
Italy made military alliances with Austria-hungary and Germany this union is called the triple alliance -
1911
italy tried to take over ethiopia to get territory but they failed due a bigger ethiopian army in 1896 another attempt was made by italy to gain territory italy went to war with the ottoman empire
