Unification of Italy
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| - | '''Italian unification''' (''il Risorgimento'', or "The Resurgence") was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the [[Italian peninsula]] into the single state of [[Italy]] in the 19th century. Despite a lack of consensus on the exact dates for the beginning and end of this period, many scholars agree that the process began in 1815 with the [[Congress of Vienna]] and the end of [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleonic]] rule, and ended some time around 1871 with the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. The last ''[[Italia irredenta|città irredente]]'' however, did not join the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]] until after [[World War I]]. | + | '''Italian unification''', also known as the '''Risorgimento''' (meaning "Resurgence"), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the [[Merger (politics)|consolidation]] of [[List of historic states of Italy|different states]] of the [[Italian Peninsula]] into a single state, the [[Kingdom of Italy]]. Inspired by the rebellions in the 1820s and 1830s against the outcome of the [[Congress of Vienna]], the unification process was precipitated by the [[revolutions of 1848]], and reached completion in 1871, when [[History of Rome#Italian unification|Rome]] was officially designated the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. |
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| + | Some of the states that had been targeted for unification (''[[Italian irredentism|terre irredente]]'') did not join the Kingdom of Italy until 1918, after Italy defeated [[Austria-Hungary]] in [[World War I]]. For this reason, historians sometimes describe the unification period as continuing past 1871, to include activities during the late 19th century and the [[Italian Front (World War I)|First World War]] (1915–1918), and reaching completion only with the [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]] on November 4, 1918. This more expansive definition of the unification period is the one presented, for example, at the [[Central Museum of the Risorgimento]] at the [[Vittoriano]]. | ||
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| + | *[[German unification]] | ||
| + | *[[Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia|Formation of Romania]] | ||
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Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento (meaning "Resurgence"), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy. Inspired by the rebellions in the 1820s and 1830s against the outcome of the Congress of Vienna, the unification process was precipitated by the revolutions of 1848, and reached completion in 1871, when Rome was officially designated the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.
Some of the states that had been targeted for unification (terre irredente) did not join the Kingdom of Italy until 1918, after Italy defeated Austria-Hungary in World War I. For this reason, historians sometimes describe the unification period as continuing past 1871, to include activities during the late 19th century and the First World War (1915–1918), and reaching completion only with the Armistice of Villa Giusti on November 4, 1918. This more expansive definition of the unification period is the one presented, for example, at the Central Museum of the Risorgimento at the Vittoriano.
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