Category: Piedmont-Sardinia

Europe 1848

Year of Revolution Begins

By 1848, Europe was already experiencing...

Europe 1848

First Italian War of Independence

When news of Metternich’s flight reached...

Europe 1848

German Question

The call for German unification had led to...

Europe 1848

June Days

The apparent success of the European...

Europe 1848

First Battle of Custoza

By July, the Austrian forces in Italy had...

Europe 1848

Truce of Malmö

In Northern Europe, international pressure...

Europe 1849

Battle of Novara

Revolutionary feeling was still strong in the...

Europe 1849

Hungarian War of Independence

Austria’s success in Italy was not...

Europe 1849

Restoring the Old Order

The French capture of Rome effectively brought...

Europe 1856

End of the Crimean War

The siege of Sevastopol was poorly managed by...

Europe 1859

Franco-Sardinian Alliance

By the late 1850s, the cause of Italian...

Europe 1859

Battle of Magenta

In April 1859 Sardinia deliberately provoked...

Europe 1859

Solferino and its Aftermath

After the Austrian defeat at Magenta, the...

Europe 1859

Unification of Central Italy

The Second Italian War of Independence was...

Europe 1860

Expedition of the Thousand

In return for French support, Sardinia ceded...