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Italian Wars of Unification

1848 CE – 1871 CE · 23 years

The Risorgimento unified the Italian peninsula under the House of Savoy through three wars of independence. Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand and Cavour's diplomacy transformed a patchwork of states into a single nation.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont & Italian nationalists
  • Austrian Empire, Papal States, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Key moments

Defining events in the Italian Wars of Unification.

  1. 1859 Battle of Solferino
  2. 1860 Expedition of the Thousand
  3. 1866 Battle of Custoza

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

1858 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Papal States

754 CE – 1870 CE

Trade route · Europe

Atlantic Triangular Trade

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Conflict · Europe

Crimean War

1853 CE – 1856 CE

Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Kingdom of Sardinia

1324 CE – 1861 CE

Trade route · Europe

Tea Clipper Route

1850 CE – 1880 CE

Conflict · Europe

First Schleswig War

1848 CE – 1851 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1848 CE and 1871 CE.

1848 CE First Schleswig War 1853 CE Crimean War 1858 CE Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes 1858 CE Sanctuary of Lourdes 1864 CE Second Schleswig War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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