Sapri expedition

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The Sapri expedition was an 1857 failed insurrectionary landing in southern Italy led by Carlo Pisacane, aimed at sparking a popular uprising against the Bourbon monarchy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Italian unification
failed military expedition
insurrectionary expedition
chronologyWithin pre-Garibaldi revolutionary attempts
conflict struggle against Bourbon rule in southern Italy
country Kingdom of the Two Sicilies NERFINISHED
describedIn La spigolatrice di Sapri NERFINISHED
followedBy Expedition of the Thousand NERFINISHED
goal overthrow Bourbon rule in southern Italy
spark popular uprising
hasCause opposition to Bourbon monarchy
hasEffect death of Carlo Pisacane
repression of local supporters
hasHistoricalPeriod Risorgimento era NERFINISHED
hasType armed landing
ideology Italian nationalism NERFINISHED
republicanism
revolutionary socialism
languageOfContext Italian
leader Carlo Pisacane NERFINISHED
location Sapri NERFINISHED
southern Italy
namedAfter Sapri NERFINISHED
notableFor attempt to incite peasants to revolt
its commemoration in Italian literature and memory
small size of the revolutionary force
opponent Bourbon monarchy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies NERFINISHED
participant Carlo Pisacane NERFINISHED
revolutionary volunteers
partOf Risorgimento NERFINISHED
precededBy failed uprisings in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
result failure
significance symbol of heroic but unsuccessful Risorgimento action
significantPerson Carlo Pisacane NERFINISHED
startTime 1857
temporalContext mid-19th century

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Carlo Pisacane knownFor Sapri expedition
Carlo Pisacane participantIn Sapri expedition