Timeline+Germany+and+Italy+Unification

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= = = __ Main Events Of German Unification and Italian Unification __ =

Document one : timeline of italian and german unification ( notice the different styles in the font)

__ 1848 __ :Metternich -> Foreign Minister Lombardy & Venetia –> stronger Austrian forces under Charles Albert-> war on Austria Pius IX fled from Rome – revolutionary government set up.

Karl Marx publishes the [|Communist Manifesto] . Revolution in France Uprisings in some German states; granting of constitutional reforms in Prussia. Revolutions in Italy. Revolutions in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. Frankfurt Assembly meets and proposes a plan for the unification of Germany; Prussian king refuses to take the crown. Napoleon III wins presidential election in France. __ 1849: __ Republic declared in Rome – later defeated by French Army Revolutions in Italy.


 * 1854-1856 **Crimean War.

__ 1852 __ : Cavour appointed as PM of Piedmont

__ 1854: __ Piedmont sent troop to support British and French in the Crimean War

__ 1856 __ : Congress of Paris – Cavour attended but took little part in the negotiations

__ 1858 __ : Orsini Bomb Plot forced Napoleon III into action. Agreed to support Piedmont by Compact of Plombieres

__ 1859 __ : War engineered with Austria. Peaceful revolutions in Modena, Tuscany and Parma 2 defeats for the Austrians at Magenta and Solferino Napoleon III then made peace with Austrians at Villafranca. Piedmont got Lombardy and Austria kept Venitia.

Austria declares war on the Kingdom of Sardinia, allied with France.

__ 1860: __ Insurrection in Sicily. Garibaldi & The Thousand soon landed.Victory at Calatafimi- Garabaldi in control of the island within 3 months August – Garibaldi’s forces landed on mainland. Too late Ferdinand II made political concessions – he then fled. September 1860 Piedmontese troops invaded the Papal States – victory at Casteldifardo October – Garibaldi met Victor Emmanuel II at Teano and handed his conquests over.

Sardinia annexes provinces in central Italy after plebiscites; France receives Savoy and Nice.

__ 1861 __ ; Death of Cavour

Emancipation of Russian serfs. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed with King Victor Immanuel II as king. <span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kingdom of Italy proclaimed with King Victor Immanuel II as king. __ 1862 __ : Garibaldi led expedition to capture Rome – ‘ Roma o morte’. Unsuccessful!

__ 1866 __ : Austro-Prussian war. Italy acquired Venetia <span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seven Weeks' War between Prussia and Austria; Italy acquires Venetia. __ 1867 __ : Garibaldi’s second attempt to take Rome halted by the French

__ 1870 __ : Outbreak of war between Prussia and France saw withdrawal of French garrison from Rome – declared capital Italy <span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Franco-Prussian War ends with capitulation of French Second Empire. <span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Italy annexes Rome.


 * <span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">January 18, 1871 **<span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">German Empire proclaimed.

<span style="color: #454649; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maps of italian unification and german

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