Second Italian War of Independence

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19th-century conflict Italian War of Independence war

The Second Italian War of Independence was an 1859 conflict in which the Kingdom of Sardinia, allied with France, fought the Austrian Empire, leading to major territorial gains that advanced the unification of Italy.

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Label Occurrences
Second Italian War of Independence canonical 38
Austro-Sardinian War 2
Franco-Austrian War 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict ⓘ
Italian War of Independence ⓘ
war ⓘ
allyOf French Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Austrian War of 1859

Sardinian War ⓘ
commander Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
Ferenc Gyulay ⓘ
Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
Napoleon III of France ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon III

Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ⓘ
surface form: Victor Emmanuel II
consequence acceleration of Italian unification ⓘ
cession of Lombardy to France ⓘ
transfer of Lombardy from France to Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
weakening of Austrian influence in Italy ⓘ
endTime 1859-07-12 ⓘ
followedBy Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
hasCause Austrian dominance in Lombardy-Venetia ⓘ
Piedmontese desire to expel Austria from Italy ⓘ
Plombières Agreement ⓘ
surface form: Plombières Agreement between France and Sardinia
involvedTerritory Duchy of Modena and Reggio ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Modena

Duchy of Parma ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
mainBelligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: French Empire

Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
notableAftermath annexation of central Italian states by Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
plebiscites in central Italian duchies ⓘ
opponent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire
partOf Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form: Italian unification
precededBy First Italian War of Independence ⓘ
relatedTo Italian nationalism ⓘ
Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form: Risorgimento
result Austrian defeat ⓘ
Franco-Sardinian victory ⓘ
Armistice of Villafranca ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Villafranca

Treaty of Zurich (1859) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Zurich
significantBattle Battle of Magenta ⓘ
Battle of Montebello ⓘ
Battle of Palestro ⓘ
Battle of San Martino ⓘ
Battle of Solferino ⓘ
startTime 1859-04-26 ⓘ
year 1859 ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Turin (1860) → relatedTo → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
General Alfonso La Marmora → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfonso La Marmora
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia → significantEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Plon-Plon (Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte) → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian campaign of 1859
Italian Risorgimento → hasPart → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Italian Risorgimento → significantEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Second Empire of France → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
Papal States → event → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Papal States → event → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austro-Sardinian War
A Memory of Solferino → timePeriodDescribed → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany → endEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Solferino → conflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Solferino → partOf → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Lombardy–Venetia → militaryConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
French Empire → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Austrian War
Franz Joseph I of Austria → notableEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austro-Sardinian War
Giuseppe Garibaldi → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Royal Sardinian Army → activeInConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Bersaglieri → militaryConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Plombières Agreement → resultedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Plombières Agreement → historicalContext → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Austrian War of 1859
Treaty of Zurich (1859) → endedConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Duchy of Modena and Reggio → abolishedAsResultOf → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
La Marmora → associatedWithEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
First Italian War of Independence → followedBy → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
French Zouaves → conflictParticipatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Sicilian revolution of 1848 → followedBy → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Armistice of Villafranca → endedConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Armistice of Villafranca → mainTopic → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy → relatedEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Benedetto Cairoli → participantIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence → precededBy → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Annexation of Venetia → relatedEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Annexation of Lombardy
Napoléon Jérôme Bonaparte → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian campaign of 1859
General Ludwig von Benedek → participatedIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
subject surface form: Ludwig von Benedek
Battle of Magenta → partOf → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Battle of Magenta → conflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Italian Wars of Independence → hasPart → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Nino Bixio → participantIn → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Philip Kearny → conflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-Austrian War
Invasions of Italy → hasPart → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austro‑Sardinian War
Battle of Garigliano → partOf → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Italian War
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sardinia → associatedWithEvent → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Piemonte (steamship) → conflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Redshirts volunteer corps → activeInConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Lombardo (steamship) → conflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Italian War of Independence context
Napoleon III of France → militaryConflict → Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ