Renewed Mazzinian attempts at armed rebellion in…

Renewed Mazzinian attempts at armed rebellion in the early 1840s are ruthlessly suppressed.

Among these is the Calabrian expedition of 1844 organized by the Venetian Bandiera brothers and seven of their companions, who are captured and executed by the Bourbon regime.

These violent acts of suppression increase the esteem felt by governments and the general public for the moderate opposition.