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Italy in 1861

Historical records for Italy in 1861, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
2Named people
5Places
2Categories

Historical records

June

6 June 1861Death of Camillo Benso di CavourCamillo Benso di Cavour

Turin · House / House of Cavour

Death of Camillo Benso di Cavour

Other Events

1861Invasion of Papal StatesVictor Emmanuel II

Papal States · House / House of Italy

Leads an invasion against the Papal States

1861Rule of NiceVictor Emmanuel II

Nice · House / House of Italy

Nice is ceded to France

1861Rule of SavoyVictor Emmanuel II

Savoy · House / House of Italy

Savoy is ceded to France

1861SuccessionVictor Emmanuel II

House / House of Italy

Succeeds as King of Italy

1861UnificationVictor Emmanuel II

Piedmont · House / House of Italy

Recognized as the 1st King of a united Italy by Parliament

Names involved

Camillo Benso di CavourVictor Emmanuel II

Places involved

NicePapal StatesPiedmontSavoyTurin

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.