First Italian War of Independence
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The First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) was an early conflict in the Risorgimento in which the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italian volunteers fought, unsuccessfully, to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: First Italian War of Independence Context triple: [Alfonso La Marmora, participatedIn, First Italian War of Independence]
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Second Italian War of Independence
The Second Italian War of Independence was an 1859 conflict in which the Kingdom of Sardinia, allied with France, fought the Austrian Empire, leading to major territorial gains that advanced the unification of Italy.
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B.
Italian Civil War
The Italian Civil War was a brutal internal conflict from 1943 to 1945 in which Italian partisans and the Kingdom of Italy fought against the fascist Italian Social Republic and its German allies during the final phase of World War II.
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Expedition of the Thousand
The Expedition of the Thousand was Giuseppe Garibaldi’s 1860 volunteer military campaign in southern Italy that played a crucial role in the unification of Italy under the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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Corsican War of Independence
The Corsican War of Independence was an 18th-century uprising in which Corsicans, led by Pasquale Paoli, sought to establish an independent republic free from Genoese and later French rule.
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War of the Sicilian Vespers
The War of the Sicilian Vespers was a late 13th-century conflict sparked by a popular uprising in Sicily against Angevin rule, leading to a protracted struggle for control of the island involving the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Naples.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: First Italian War of Independence Target entity description: The First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) was an early conflict in the Risorgimento in which the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italian volunteers fought, unsuccessfully, to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy.
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A.
Second Italian War of Independence
The Second Italian War of Independence was an 1859 conflict in which the Kingdom of Sardinia, allied with France, fought the Austrian Empire, leading to major territorial gains that advanced the unification of Italy.
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B.
Italian Civil War
The Italian Civil War was a brutal internal conflict from 1943 to 1945 in which Italian partisans and the Kingdom of Italy fought against the fascist Italian Social Republic and its German allies during the final phase of World War II.
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C.
Expedition of the Thousand
The Expedition of the Thousand was Giuseppe Garibaldi’s 1860 volunteer military campaign in southern Italy that played a crucial role in the unification of Italy under the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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D.
Corsican War of Independence
The Corsican War of Independence was an 18th-century uprising in which Corsicans, led by Pasquale Paoli, sought to establish an independent republic free from Genoese and later French rule.
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E.
War of the Sicilian Vespers
The War of the Sicilian Vespers was a late 13th-century conflict sparked by a popular uprising in Sicily against Angevin rule, leading to a protracted struggle for control of the island involving the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Naples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century conflict
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Italian War of Independence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austrian Empire
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linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Grand Duchy of Tuscany (initially) ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Italian volunteers ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (initially) ⓘ Papal States (initially) ⓘ
linked to:
Papal States
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| cause |
Milanese uprising of March 1848
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Venetian uprising of March 1848 ⓘ revolutions of 1848 in Europe ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles Albert of Sardinia
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linked to:
Charles Albert of Savoy
Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ Josef Radetzky von Radetz ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
Victor Emmanuel II ⓘ
linked to:
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia
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| conflictIn |
Italian unification
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linked to:
Italian Risorgimento
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| consequence |
abdication of Charles Albert of Sardinia
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accession of Victor Emmanuel II to the throne of Sardinia ⓘ radicalization of Italian nationalist movements ⓘ strengthening of Austrian influence in northern Italy ⓘ |
| country |
Italy (historical Italian states)
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linked to:
Italian states
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| endDate | 1849 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ |
| goal | expulsion of Austrian rule from northern Italy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Revolutions of 1848
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linked to:
1848 revolutions
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| involvedEntity |
Austrian Army in Italy
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Kingdom of Sardinia army ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Sardinian Army
Provisional Government of Lombardy ⓘ Republic of San Marco ⓘ Roman Republic (1849) ⓘ |
| location |
Lombardy-Venetia
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linked to:
Lombardy–Venetia
Northern Italy ⓘ |
| majorBattle |
Battle of Custoza (1848)
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Battle of Goito ⓘ Battle of Mortara ⓘ Battle of Novara (1849) ⓘ Battle of Pastrengo ⓘ Five Days of Milan ⓘ Siege of Peschiera del Garda ⓘ |
| opponent |
Habsburg Monarchy
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linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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| outcome | restoration of Austrian control over Lombardy-Venetia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Risorgimento
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linked to:
Italian Risorgimento
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| precededBy |
Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states
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linked to:
Sicilian revolution of 1848
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| result | Austrian victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1848 ⓘ |
| treaty |
Armistice of Salasco
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Peace of Milan (1849) ⓘ
linked to:
Treaty of Milan (1849 armistice)
Treaty of Milan (1849 armistice) ⓘ |
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Subject: First Italian War of Independence Description of subject: The First Italian War of Independence (1848–1849) was an early conflict in the Risorgimento in which the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and Italian volunteers fought, unsuccessfully, to expel Austrian rule from northern Italy.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
General Alfonso La Marmora
linked to: First Italian War of Independence
subject linked to:
General Ludwig von Benedek
Battle of Santa Lucia (1848)
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relatedTo
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First Italian War of Independence campaigns in the Veneto
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linked to: First Italian War of Independence
linked to: First Italian War of Independence
Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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significantEvent
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First Italian War of Independence
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