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Modern history of Italy
- Treaty of Campo FormioA small house in the main square of Campo Formio held the weight of European history on the 17th of October 1797. Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Philipp von…
- Stresa FrontGermany declared its intention to build an air force in March 1935. This declaration marked a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Unification of ItalyIn the year 1454, a treaty known as the Italic League appeared to offer a glimmer of unity among Italian states. Yet this fragile peace dissolved quickly…
- Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935Italy entered World War I expecting to gain territory from the defeated German colonial empire. The Treaty of Versailles denied Italy these lands, dividing…
- Congress of ViennaIn May 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to the Sixth Coalition, ending twenty-three years of nearly continuous warfare across the continent.
- Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacreOn the morning of the 12th of August 1944, German troops of the 2nd Battalion of SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 35 entered the mountain village of Sant'Anna di…
- Treaty of London (1915)On the 26th of April 1915, four diplomats signed a document in London that would reshape Europe. The United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Italy agreed to keep…
- Italian Republic (Napoleonic)On the 26th of January 1802, a painting by Nicolas-André Monsiau captured a pivotal moment. The Consulta of the Cisalpine Republic received Napoleon…
- Italian resistance movementIn 1921, a militant group called Arditi del Popolo formed in Italy to fight the violent Blackshirts of Benito Mussolini.
- Kingdom of ItalyOn the 17th of March 1861, Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy in Turin. This event marked the birth of a new state from decades of…
- Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul IIOn the 13th of May 1981, Pope John Paul II entered St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to greet a crowd of supporters. Mehmet Ali Ağca sat among the…