Battle of Calatafimi

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Calatafimi was an 1860 clash in Sicily during the Italian unification in which Giuseppe Garibaldi’s volunteer forces defeated the Bourbon troops, boosting the momentum of his campaign to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Calatafimi canonical	4
Battaglia di Calatafimi	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ surface form: Battaglia di Calatafimi
associatedWith	Italian nationalism ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
belligerent	Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ surface form: Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
chronologicalOrderInCampaign	early engagement of the Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ
combatant	Bourbon troops ⓘ Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ surface form: Redshirts
commander	Francesco Landi NERFINISHED ⓘ Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
conflict	Italian unification ⓘ
countryAtTime	Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
date	1860-05-15 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Palermo (1860) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Palermo (1860)
hasCasualties	Bourbon forces ⓘ Garibaldian forces ⓘ
hasCategory	Battles involving Italy ⓘ Battles of the Italian unification ⓘ Conflicts in 1860 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Bourbon forces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ surface form: Bourbon army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Francesco Landi NERFINISHED ⓘ Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ surface form: Redshirts
historicalPeriod	Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Risorgimento
involvedForceType	regular army troops ⓘ volunteer forces ⓘ
location	Calatafimi-Segesta ⓘ surface form: Calatafimi Sicily ⓘ
militaryTheater	Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ surface form: Sicilian campaign of 1860
objective	advance toward Palermo ⓘ
outcome	Garibaldi secured a foothold in western Sicily ⓘ
partOf	Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification
partOfCampaign	campaign to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
politicalEffect	strengthened support for Italian unification in Sicily ⓘ weakened legitimacy of Bourbon monarchy in southern Italy ⓘ
precededBy	landing at Marsala ⓘ
region	Province of Trapani ⓘ
result	Garibaldian victory ⓘ defeat of Bourbon troops ⓘ
significance	boosted momentum of Garibaldi's campaign in southern Italy ⓘ first major victory of the Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ helped undermine Bourbon rule in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ⓘ
year	1860 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Expedition of the Thousand → keyBattle → Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ

Garibaldi’s Thousand → notableBattle → Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ

Battle of Calatafimi → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battaglia di Calatafimi

Redshirts volunteer corps → activeInConflict → Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ

Battle of Palermo (1860) → precededBy → Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ