Italian History (slides) by F. G.. restauration Restauration of old princes after Napoleon...

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restauration

Restauration of old princes after Napoleon (1815-1848),age of the Holy Alliance, first attempts of independence

Giuseppe Mazzini (1815-72), political thinker, conspirator,leader of the republican and democratic wing of Risorgimento,Founder of “Giovane Italia” and “Giovane Europa”

mazzini

1848

1848, the spring of nations, the Manifesto of communists, first war of independence, the “Statuto albertino” in Piedmont, victory of Austria (1849), king Carlo Alberto abdicates to the throne.

Karl Marx

cavour

Camillo Benso, count of Cavour (1810-61), Piedmontese, liberal,the prime minister of Vittorio Emanuele II who united Italy

war of Crimea

1861

1860. II war of independence. The French ally. Austria defeatedItaly unites. The kingdom of Italy (March 1861). Rome missing?

Cavour dies

Napoleon III

florence

Florence capital of Italy (1864-70).The “destra storica”, a liberal ruling class

Baron B. Ricasoli Marco Minghetti

depretis

Agostino Depretis (1813-87)

1876-87. The “sinistra storica” to power.“Trasformismo?”

1882

1882. The conservative alliance. Austria, Germany and Italy. Rivalry with France on North Africa.

socialism

The “fourth Estate” / 1892: Italian socialist party

colonies

Italian colonialism

1890. Erithrea and Somalia

Adua 1896. Italian army defeated by ras Menelik

1911-12. Italy conquers Lybia

Italy: a late joiner?

emigration

End of XIX century – first decades of XX: mass emigration1913: 900.000 left Italy to America and Europe

social unrest

1913. Universal suffrage (for men)1914. Social unrest. The “red week”

GabrieleD’AnnunzioThe “vate”

war

1915-18. Italy joins France and Great Britain, or the fourth war of independence.Trent and Triest. 600.000 soldiers dead

1929

empire

May 1936 (XIV). Conquest of Ethiopia.The Italian Empire

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