...regains control of Sicily. The heavy bombardment…

May 1848 CE

...regains control of Sicily.

The heavy bombardment of Sicilian cities in this campaign gains him the name of “King Bomba”,while his harsh treatment of the participants in the revolts will earn him the dislike of many Europeans (notably of the future British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, who will denounce Ferdinand's regime as “the negation of God erected into a system of government”.)

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Palermo > Panormus Sicilia Italy View →

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Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies View → William Ewart Gladstone View →

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Austrian Empire View → Sicilies, Kingdom of the Two View →

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Italian Revolutions of 1840-1851 View → Italian War of Independence, First, or Italian Revolution of 1849-49 (Italian War of Independence of 1848-49) View →

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