1861 Event

Italian unification

Name: Italian unification
Start: 1861

The Risorgimento produces the Kingdom of Italy; Rome joins in 1870, ending the Papal States.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1861 — the context national timelines leave out.

2 years later Founding of the Red Cross Switzerland
13 years earlier Federal Constitution Switzerland
16 years earlier The Great Famine Ireland
same year Franco-Monegasque treaty Monaco
2 years earlier Union of the principalities Romania
3 years later Ban on the Lithuanian press Lithuania
6 years later Treaty of London Luxembourg
6 years later Austro-Hungarian Compromise Hungary

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Concert of Europe 1815 – 1914 A century without general war, and the empires preparing one.

Countries involved

Italy

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What was written of it

A day will come when all of you, nations of the continent, without losing your distinct qualities and your glorious individuality, will merge closely into a higher unity, and will form the European brotherhood.

Victor Hugo 1849

Opening address to the Peace Congress, Paris

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