Sicilian revolution of 1848
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The Sicilian revolution of 1848 was an uprising on the island of Sicily against Bourbon rule that briefly established an independent government and became a key episode in the broader movement for Italian unification.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states | 3 |
| Sicilian revolution of 1848 canonical | 2 |
| Revolutions of 1848 in Sicily | 1 |
| Sicilian Revolution of 1848 | 1 |
| Sicilian provisional government | 1 |
| Sicilian revolutionaries | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sicilian revolution of 1848 Context triple: [Italian Risorgimento, hasPart, Sicilian revolution of 1848]
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Ciompi Revolt
The Ciompi Revolt was a 1378 uprising of wool workers and lower-class artisans in Florence that briefly seized political power and exposed deep social and economic tensions in the city-state.
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B.
First Italian War of Independence
The First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) was an early conflict in the Risorgimento in which the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italian volunteers fought, unsuccessfully, to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy.
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C.
War of the Sicilian Vespers
The War of the Sicilian Vespers was a late 13th-century conflict sparked by a popular uprising in Sicily against Angevin rule, leading to a protracted struggle for control of the island involving the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Naples.
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Corsican War of Independence
The Corsican War of Independence was an 18th-century uprising in which Corsicans, led by Pasquale Paoli, sought to establish an independent republic free from Genoese and later French rule.
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March on Rome
The March on Rome was the 1922 mass mobilization of Italian Fascists that led to Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power and the establishment of a fascist dictatorship in Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sicilian revolution of 1848 Target entity description: The Sicilian revolution of 1848 was an uprising on the island of Sicily against Bourbon rule that briefly established an independent government and became a key episode in the broader movement for Italian unification.
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A.
Ciompi Revolt
The Ciompi Revolt was a 1378 uprising of wool workers and lower-class artisans in Florence that briefly seized political power and exposed deep social and economic tensions in the city-state.
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B.
First Italian War of Independence
The First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) was an early conflict in the Risorgimento in which the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italian volunteers fought, unsuccessfully, to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy.
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C.
War of the Sicilian Vespers
The War of the Sicilian Vespers was a late 13th-century conflict sparked by a popular uprising in Sicily against Angevin rule, leading to a protracted struggle for control of the island involving the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Naples.
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D.
Corsican War of Independence
The Corsican War of Independence was an 18th-century uprising in which Corsicans, led by Pasquale Paoli, sought to establish an independent republic free from Genoese and later French rule.
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E.
March on Rome
The March on Rome was the 1922 mass mobilization of Italian Fascists that led to Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power and the establishment of a fascist dictatorship in Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
revolution ⓘ uprising ⓘ |
| countryAtTheTime |
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
|
| followedBy |
Expedition of the Thousand
ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Sicilian demands for autonomy
ⓘ
economic grievances in Sicily ⓘ influence of liberal and nationalist ideas ⓘ inspiration from wider European revolutions of 1848 ⓘ opposition to Bourbon absolutism ⓘ |
| hasEndDate | 1849-05-15 ⓘ |
| hasEndYear | 1849 ⓘ |
| hasIdeology |
Italian nationalism
ⓘ
constitutionalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
Bourbon reconquest of Palermo in May 1849
ⓘ
convening of a Sicilian parliament in 1848 ⓘ deposition of Ferdinand II as king of Sicily by the Sicilian parliament ⓘ uprising in Palermo on 12 January 1848 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Italian
ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Italy
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Palermo ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Bourbon royal army
ⓘ
Sicilian revolution of 1848 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sicilian provisional government
Sicilian revolution of 1848 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sicilian revolutionaries
|
| hasPoliticalGoal |
Sicilian independence
ⓘ
greater civil liberties ⓘ restoration of the 1812 Sicilian constitution ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important episode in the process of Italian unification
ⓘ
major early challenge to Bourbon rule in southern Italy ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 1848-01-12 ⓘ |
| hasStartYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Italian Risorgimento
ⓘ
subsequent Italian independence movements ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Bourbon realms
ⓘ
surface form:
Bourbon rule
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies ⓘ |
| partOf |
Italian Risorgimento
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian unification
1848 revolutions ⓘ
surface form:
Revolutions of 1848
|
| precededBy | Sicilian revolution of 1820 ⓘ |
| result |
establishment of a provisional Sicilian government
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restoration of Bourbon control over Sicily ⓘ temporary independence of Sicily ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Sicilian revolution of 1848 Description of subject: The Sicilian revolution of 1848 was an uprising on the island of Sicily against Bourbon rule that briefly established an independent government and became a key episode in the broader movement for Italian unification.
Referenced by (9)
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