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Italian unification

Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...

Timeline of Events

1814

3.30.1814

Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.

1849

7.3.1849

The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power. This would prove a major obstacle to Italian unification.

1860

5.27.1860

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.

1861

2.18.1861

With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.

1870

9.20.1870

''Bersaglieri'' corps enter Rome through the ''Porta Pia'' and complete the unification of Italy.