Annexation of Venetia

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The Annexation of Venetia was the 1866 incorporation of the Veneto region, including Venice, into the Kingdom of Italy, marking a key step toward the completion of Italian unification.

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Label Occurrences
Annexation of Venetia canonical 2
fall of the Republic of Venice 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event of Italian unification
historical event
territorial annexation
appliesToTerritory Friuli
surface form: Friuli (western part)

Province of Mantua
surface form: Mantua area

Lombardy–Venetia
surface form: Venetia

Veneto
Venice
conflictContext Third Italian War of Independence
countryInvolved Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Kingdom of Italy
diplomaticOutcome Austria ceded Venetia to France, which transferred it to Italy
endDate 1866-10-19
followedBy plebiscite on annexation of Venetia to Italy
hasCause Italian nationalist movement
Third Italian War of Independence
defeat of Austria in the Austro-Prussian War
historicalPeriod 19th century
includedCity Venice
includedRegion Veneto
languageOfOfficialActs Italian
languageOfPreviousAdministration German
legalBasis Treaty of Vienna (1866)
locatedInPresentDay Italy
mediatedBy Napoleon III of France
method international treaty
plebiscite
militaryBackground Italian defeat on land but Austrian defeat at sea and by Prussia
newSovereign Kingdom of Italy
participant Franz Joseph I of Austria
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia
surface form: Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
partOf Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Italian unification
politicalSignificance key step toward completion of Italian unification
precededBy Austrian rule over Venetia
previousSovereign Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire
relatedEvent Second Italian War of Independence
surface form: Annexation of Lombardy

Austro-Prussian War
Capture of Rome
Third Italian War of Independence
result expansion of the Kingdom of Italy
near-completion of Italian territorial unification
transfer of Venetia from Austria to Italy
significantPlace Florence
Veneto
Venice
Vienna
startDate 1866-10-03
voteType plebiscitary referendum
year 1866

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Italian Risorgimento hasPart Annexation of Venetia
Venetian lira (old) usedUntil Annexation of Venetia
this entity surface form: fall of the Republic of Venice