Italian unification

Italian unification (called in Italian the Risorgimento, or "Resurgence") was the political and social process that unified disparate countries of the Italian peninsula into the single nation of Italy between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

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Italian - Italian peninsula - Italy - 19th century - 20th century

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It is difficult to pin down exact dates for the beginning and end of Italian reunification, but most scholars agree that it began with the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the end of Napoleon's rule, and largely ended with the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, though the last irredented cities did not join the Kingdom of Italy until the Treaty of Saint-Germain after World War I.

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Congress of Vienna - 1815 - Napoleon - Franco-Prussian War - 1871 - Irredented - Kingdom of Italy - Treaty of Saint-Germain - World War I

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