Giuseppe Garibaldi leads the drive for unification…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

Giuseppe Garibaldi leads the drive for unification in Naples and Sicily (the Expedition of the Thousand) in 1860–1861, while the House of Savoy troops occupy the central territories of the Italian peninsula, except Rome and part of Papal States.

Teano is the site of the famous meeting of October 26, 1860, between Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II, last King of Sardinia, in which Garibaldi shakes Victor Emanuel's hand and hails him as King of Italy; thus, Garibaldi sacrifices republican hopes for the sake of Italian unity under a monarchy.

Cavour agrees to include Garibaldi's Southern Italy, allowing it to join the union with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860.

This allows the Sardinian government to declare a united Italian kingdom on March 17, 1861.

Victor Emmanuel II now becomes the first king of a united Italy, and the capital is moved from Turin to Florence.

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Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour View → Giuseppe Garibaldi View → Victor Emanuel II View →

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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Tuscany, Grand Duchy of View → Sardinia, Kingdom of View → Savoy, (restored) Duchy of View → Lombardy-Venetia, Kingdom of View → Sicilies, Kingdom of the Two View →

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Italian unification View → Expedition of the Thousand View →

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