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Also Known As Sardinia-Piedmont • Kingdom of Sardinia • Piedmont-Sardinia
Date 1720 - 1861

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Napoleon I
French Revolutionary wars
Black and white photo by Roger Fenton showing soldiers gathered among rows of tents in a valley encampment during the Crimean War, with rocky hills in the background.
Crimean War
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War of the Polish Succession
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Battle of Magenta
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Statuto Albertino
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Battle of Solferino
Siege of Sevastopol
Siege of Sevastopol
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Congress of Laibach
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Treaty of Paris
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Battle of Novara
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First Battle of Custoza
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Austro-French Piedmontese War

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Key People

Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman
Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Avogadro
Italian physicist
Charles Albert of Sardinia-Piedmont
Charles Albert
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
chancellor of Austria
St. John Bosco
St. John Bosco
Italian educator
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Luigi Carlo Farini
Italian physician, historian, and statesman
Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre
French moralist
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II
king of Italy
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Cesare, Count Balbo
prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
Gen. Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Italian general and statesman
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Massimo Taparelli, marquis d’Azeglio
Italian author and statesman
ameghino, florentino
Florentino Ameghino
Argentine anthropologist
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Carlo Vincenzo Ferrero di Roasio, marchese d’Ormea
Piedmontese statesman
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Manfredo Fanti
Italian general
Benedict XV
Benedict XV
pope
Boselli, Paolo
Paolo Boselli
Italian statesman
Victor Amadeus II
Victor Amadeus II
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
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Karl Ferdinand, count von Buol-Schauenstein
foreign minister of Austria
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Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie
French diplomat
Cadorna, Luigi
Luigi Cadorna
Italian general