The conte de Cavour enlists Napoleon III…

January 1859 CE

The conte de Cavour enlists Napoleon III in a joint alliance to expel Austria from northern Italy.

The price for the French emperor's help is the cession of Savoy and Nice to France and the outlawing of the Mazzinian movement; wrongly, Napoleon III holds Mazzini's followers responsible for Orsini's attempt on his life.

A Franco-Piedmontese alliance is sealed in January 1859.

With Napoleon's approval, Victor Emmanuel II makes a speech from his throne in which he declares himself ready to hear il grido di dolore against Austrian oppression that arises from every part of Italy.

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Turin > Torino Piemonte Italy View →

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Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour View → Giuseppe Mazzini View → Napoleon III View → Victor Emanuel II View →

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Austrian Empire View → Sardinia, Kingdom of View → France, Second Empire of View →

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Italian unification View → Italian Revolutions of 1852-1863 View → Italian War of Independence, Second View →

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