Unification of Italy
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The unification of Italy, also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 ended in the annexation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its out
Five Days of Milan, 18–22 March 1848
Giuseppe Mazzini, a highly influential leader of the Italian revolutionary movement
The first meeting between Garibaldi and Mazzini at the headquarters of Young Italy in 1833
Guglielmo Pepe
Victor Emmanuel II
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Victor Emmanuel II was King of Sardinia from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th centu
Unification of Italy
…the capture of Rome in 1870. Individuals who played a major part in the struggle for unification and liberation from foreign domination included King Victor Emmanuel II; politician, economist and statesman Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour; general Giuseppe Garibaldi; and journalist and politician Giuseppe Mazzini. Borrowing…
Formal portrait, c. 1861
Maria Theresa with her two sons, Victor Emmanuel and Ferdinand, 1832
Victor Emmanuel II in 1850
Portrait of Victor Emmanuel, with a battle in the background (1848)