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Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian patriot and general (1807–1882)
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification (Risorgimento) and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered to be one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso di Cavour,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Palermo
Battle of the Expedition of the Thousand
The siege of Palermo took place between 27 and 30 May 1860 in Palermo, Sicily, during the Expedition of the Thousand led by Giuseppe Garibaldi against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, as part of the Italian unification wars.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Unification of Italy
1848–1870 consolidation of Italian states into a single state
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