This was the case when the United States announced its independence from Great
the long-lasting Kingdom of Sicily or Kingdom of Naples, which had been established by the Normans.
Included were the modern Italian regions of Lazio (Latium), Umbria, and ... of Rome, in 1347 Cola di Rienzo established a short-lived republic in the city. ... movement for Italian unification), the existence of the Papal States proved an ...
1860 – March 20: Sardinia annexes central Italian states by giving Nice and Savoy to the French, now only four
A number of Italian states were briefly consolidated, first as republics and then as ... The first avowedly republican and national group was Young Italy, founded by ... He was totally committed to the cause of Italian unification, and, although ...
the Papal States, was the last area to join a unified Italy, thus making unification ...
the policies his government was pursuing in Hungary, Italy, and the Balkans.
It was this desire that later sparked Cavour's aspiration to unify Italy. In order to free the ...
Cavour, with the added credibility of representing a monarch, blended ...
The United States established diplomatic relations with Italy in 1861 following the unification of most of the peninsula into one state. In 1941, Italy — with