Cavour and Liberal State-Building in Piedmont-Sardinia (1848–1861)

1. Cavour helps launch the liberal newspaper Il Risorgimento

   Dec 15, 1847Labels: Il Risorgimento, Camillo Cavour

   • Il Risorgimento
   • Cavour Foundation

2. Statuto Albertino establishes a constitutional monarchy

   Mar 4, 1848Labels: Statuto Albertino, Charles Albert

   • Britannica

3. Cavour enters parliament under the Statuto

   Jun 30, 1848Labels: Chamber of, Camillo Cavour

   • Cavour bio

4. Siccardi Laws curb key church legal privileges

   Apr 9, 1850Labels: Siccardi Laws, Catholic Church

   • Leggi Siccardi
   • Cavour bio

5. Cavour becomes minister for economic modernization

   Oct 11, 1850Labels: Ministry of, Camillo Cavour

   • Cavour Foundation
   • Cavour bio

6. Connubio alliance forms a workable liberal majority

   Feb 1, 1852Labels: Connubio, Urbano Rattazzi

   • Connubio

7. Cavour becomes prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia

   Nov 4, 1852Labels: Prime Minister, Camillo Cavour

   • Cavour bio
   • Britannica

8. Piedmont-Sardinia joins the Crimean War

   Jan 10, 1855Labels: Crimean War, Piedmont-Sardinia

   • Cavour bio
   • Sardinia OOB

9. Rattazzi Law suppresses many religious orders

   May 29, 1855Labels: Rattazzi Law, Religious Orders

   • Leggi Siccardi
   • Cavour bio

10. Plombières Agreement sets a Franco-Piedmont plan

    Jul 21, 1858Labels: Plombi res, Napoleon III

    • Plombi res

11. Armistice of Villafranca ends the 1859 war early

    Jul 11, 1859Labels: Armistice of, Austria

    • Britannica
    • Villafranca

12. Casati Law reorganizes schooling under the state

    Nov 13, 1859Labels: Casati Law, Education Ministry

    • Legge Casati

13. Cavour returns as prime minister to manage annexations

    Jan 20, 1860Labels: Prime Minister, Annexation Plebiscites

    • Cavour bio

14. Treaty of Turin cedes Savoy and Nice to France

    Mar 24, 1860Labels: Treaty of, France

    • Turin Treaty

15. Kingdom of Italy proclaimed under the Statuto framework

    Mar 17, 1861Labels: Kingdom of, Statuto Albertino

    • Proclamation
    • Britannica

16. Cavour dies after shaping the new state

    Jun 6, 1861Labels: Camillo Cavour, Death 1861

    • Britannica