Italy 1500s-Present

By: Haley Gantt, Shannan Swaim, Caty Drewniak, and Sarah Cuellar

Top 10 Events

•#1-1915-•Event: Italy enters WWI•Significance: Sided with Allies because of

Treaty of London•Why top event: Didn’t get what they were

promised—led to Italy siding with Axis in WWII

• #2- 1935-• Event: Invasion of Ethiopia• Significance: Italy is expelled from League of

Nations• Why top event: Italy sides with Axis powers in

WWII• #3- Italian Renaissance= Rebirth of Greco-

roman art and literature, great time for the arts(Da Vinci, Michaelangelo,Raphael)

• Humanism, Secularism and Individualism were formed (Petrarch=humanism)

• Result of trade that brought wealth to merchants(wealth=leisure time, able to be patrons of the arts)

• #4-Renaissance Men = Leonardo Da Vinci’s career Excelled in art literature, and science along with inventing

• Constructed machines never seen before• title of Premier Painter and Engineer and

Architect of the King by Francis I in France• #5 – Wars on Italian Soil (French Invasion ) • Early 1500s, Italy was the middle ground,

created problems for the Italian states• between the French, Spanish, Swiss and

Imperial armies.culmination in the sack of Rome 1527

#6-1656 Plague in Rome spreads to Sardinia and Naples.Plague stayed in Naples for over 5 months before it was finally expelled

Over 40,000 people est. diedMany fled to the country if they could others fled

to the infected capital•#7-1804: Napoleon declares himself

“King” of Italy▫Kept army stationed in Italy, conquered

much Italian soil▫Italy is ruled by foreign king.▫Italy could no longer last as republic.

Created unrest in Italy.

• #8- Italy is unified under Victor Emmanuel thanks to Cavour and Garibaldi.

• #9-1861: Kingdom of Italy proclaimed▫Cavour seized much of North Italy▫Garibaldi conquered S. Italy, Kingdom of Two

Sicilies▫Garibaldi turned conquests over to Victor

Emmanuel II▫Kingdom of Italy announced▫Significance: First time Italy was fully united in

one country

• #10 – Medici ruler tied himself to Charles V in 1539 to Elenora of Toledo, daughter of a Spanish viceroy.

• Formed the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1571

4 Rulers…..• Medici-Cosimo I Medici• (1569-?)• Cosimo I• Became the head of the Medici family after their return to power, but he would lose

the family’s prominence once again. Cosimo rid the House of Medici and the city of Florence from the foreign entanglements and from the interference of his ministers, two areas of control .He became the 'Grand Duke' after conquest of the neighboring areas in 1569. He had little popularity with the people; he brought stability but took away freedom. The successors couldn’t hold control.

• 4 Events• Anti-Medici factions prepared to attack Florence in 1532, following the Medici’s

rise(again) to power• July of 1537, the Duke celebrated his first• Political victory when he successfully crushed the invasion of the anti-Medici exiles

at Montemurlo.•  • Tied himself to Charles V in 1539 to Elenora of Toledo, daughter of a Spanish viceroy.• Formed the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1571•  

• •Ruler •Victor Emmanuel II

▫Reign as King of Italy: 1861-1878▫Young and inexperienced to begin▫Assisted by Cavour and Garibaldi

Mussolini • Years in office: 1925-1943•  • Bio:• Initially against WWI (but changed his mind)• Leader of National Fascist Party in 1921• Declared war on Allies in 1940•  • Events:• March on Rome• World War I• Invasion of Ethiopia• World War II•  

Nicola Mancino

•born in 1931, being the President of the Senate, took the substitution of President Scalfaro on May 15, 1999. He exercised the powers until May 18, 1999. He had a short time in power but still influential.

Maps 1500s-1600s

1700s-1800s

1900s-Present

•World War I Map: •  

World War II Map:•  

Explanation…..• The divided Italian states had experienced the

Renaissance due to great trade wealth.• Italy was not unified under a central ruler or

power until the time of Garibaldi and finally Cavour. Italy today consists of The entire state minus Rome, that is its own state. Italy proved to be indecisive for some time during WWII after Mussolini. Present day Italy has a prime minister and president in government.

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