What happened when Garibaldi met Victor Emmanuel II in October 1860?

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Unification of Italy — unification of Italy The unification of Italy. The dates are those of annexation, first to Sardinia-Piedmont and after 1861 to the Kingdom of Italy.

When Giuseppe Garibaldi met Victor Emmanuel II on October 26, 1860, he formally relinquished his dictatorship over southern Italy into the king's hands.1

Following his successful military campaign and the subsequent plebiscite that favored annexation under Piedmont, Garibaldi was the first person to hail Victor Emmanuel as the king of a united Italy. This meeting marked the conclusion of Garibaldi's expedition, as he handed over the territories he had conquered to the monarch. Despite his pivotal role in the Risorgimento, Garibaldi was later denied his request to govern Naples as the king's viceroy, as conservative elements viewed him as a dangerous radical.12