What are some major events in the unification of italy?

Trace the main events that led to the unification of Italy?

• Answer:

  Major players: Count Camillo Benso di Cavour; Giuseppe Siccardi; Napoleon III; Giuseppe Garibaldi; Francis II of Naples; Baron Bettino Ricasoli. To choose 'the' main events is a matter of opinion and conjecture; among those to consider are: Cavour was an aristocrat who played a major role beginning in Turin, Sardinia-Piedmont. In 1854 Cavour became Premier of Sardinia-Piedmont and concentrated on industry and the economy. He worked at negotiations over time with the kingdom of the two Sicilies. 1856 marks the establishment of the National Society the goal of which was unite the Italian peninsula. In 1858 there was a failed attempt to assassinate Napoleon III and Cavour and Napoleon had a secret meeting at Plombieres in July of that year with an agreement between Napoleon III and Cavour to go to war against Austria. Several battles ensued: Magenta; Sorlerino. There was the Treaty of Zurich to consider which had a role in the resignation of Cavour followed by his reinstatement in 1860. Garibaldi begins actions to take territory on the part of Sicily - Palermo, Naples - 1860. In 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed after several plebiscites. More in: