Solferino

Italian War Of Independence

Italian Peninsula was a series of competing city states since the fall of

 Roman Empire

Kingdom Of Piedmont -Sardinia was the first to initiate Unification

Italy fought 3 blood wars for their Independence

Third War Of Italian Independence

Austro - Prussian War 1866

Result: Austria defeated and Venice Captured by Italians

Kingdom Of Italy is founded in 1871

King Victor Emmanuel of Piedmont Sardinia becomes constitutional monarch of 

Italy

Italian Wars and its aftereffects

Italian Wars: Second War Of Independence At Solferino

On June 24, 1859 

The armies of France and Piedmont-Sardinia defeated Austrian forces

Defeat at Solferino in Northern Italy in a decisive bloody battle for 

Italian Unity

Second War of Independence

Birth Of International Red Cross: Jean Henri Dunant

International Red Cross is born at the Battle Of Soferino

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