Italian Wars of Independence

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national unification war series of conflicts war

The Italian Wars of Independence were a series of 19th-century conflicts through which various Italian states, led chiefly by the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, fought to expel foreign rule and unify the Italian peninsula into a single nation.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Italian Wars of Independence canonical 8
Italian unification wars 2
Austro-Italian Wars 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national unification war ⓘ
series of conflicts ⓘ
war ⓘ
alliedWith Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
alsoKnownAs Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Italian Wars of Unification
diplomaticAgreement Plombières Agreement ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
hasCause 1848 revolutions ⓘ
surface form: Revolutions of 1848 in Europe

desire to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy ⓘ
rise of Italian nationalism ⓘ
weakening of traditional European monarchies after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasEffect creation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 ⓘ
decline of Austrian influence in Italy ⓘ
integration of various Italian states under a single monarchy ⓘ
territorial reorganization of the Italian peninsula ⓘ
hasPart Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ
First Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
Wars against the Austrian Empire ⓘ
campaign of 1860–1861 in southern Italy ⓘ
leader Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
Giuseppe Mazzini ⓘ
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ⓘ
location Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Lombardy ⓘ
Piedmont ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Veneto ⓘ
surface form: Venetia

Venice ⓘ
mainBelligerent Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
opponent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

French Second Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Papal States ⓘ
partOf Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form: Italian unification
relatedTo Revolutions of 1848 in Italy ⓘ
surface form: Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states

Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form: Risorgimento
result annexation of Lombardy by the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
annexation of Venetia by the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
capture of Rome in 1870 ⓘ
end of most foreign rule in Italy ⓘ
unification of most Italian states into the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Castelfidardo (1860) ⓘ
Battle of Custoza (1848) ⓘ
Battle of Magenta ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Magenta (1859)

Battle of Mentana (1867) ⓘ
Battle of Novara (1849) ⓘ
Battle of San Martino ⓘ
surface form: Battle of San Martino (1859)

Battle of Solferino ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Solferino (1859)

Capture of Rome ⓘ
surface form: Capture of Rome (1870)
startTime 1848 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Silver Medal of Military Valor → usedInConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Gold Medal of Military Valor → usedInConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy → participatedIn → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Royal Sardinian Army → playedRoleIn → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Bersaglieri → militaryConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian unification wars
Feldzeugmeister → usedInConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Austro-Italian Wars
La Marmora → associatedWithEvent → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence → notableEvent → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Garibaldi’s campaign in Trentino
Military Order of Savoy → usedInConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Bronze Medal of Military Valor → usedInConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
Carlo Collodi → participatedIn → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
General Ludwig von Benedek → militaryConflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
subject surface form: Ludwig von Benedek
this entity surface form: Wars of Italian Unification
Italian Wars of Independence → alsoKnownAs → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Wars of Unification
Piemonte (steamship) → partOf → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian unification campaigns
Battle of Milazzo (1860) → conflict → Italian Wars of Independence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian unification wars