Capture of Rome

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The Capture of Rome was the 1870 military seizure of the city by the Kingdom of Italy that ended papal temporal power and completed the unification of Italy.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Capture of Rome canonical 15
Capture of Rome (1870) 3
Annexation of the Papal States 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Breccia di Porta Pia ⓘ
Presa di Roma ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses Italian casualties relatively light ⓘ
Papal casualties relatively light ⓘ
casusBelli Refusal of the Papal States to join the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
chronologyPosition Final major act of Italian unification ⓘ
combatantStrength Italian Army approximately 50,000 troops ⓘ
Papal forces approximately 13,000 troops ⓘ
commander Hermann Kanzler ⓘ
Pope Pius IX ⓘ
Raffaele Cadorna ⓘ
conflictType siege ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
endDate 1870-09-20 ⓘ
followedBy Roman Question ⓘ
Rome designated capital of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
hasEffectOn Italian national unification ⓘ
Papal temporal power ⓘ
hasPartOf Breaching of the Aurelian Walls at Porta Pia ⓘ
legalConsequence Annexation of Rome by plebiscite ⓘ
location Lazio ⓘ
Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
militaryAction Artillery bombardment of Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia ⓘ
opponent Papal States ⓘ
partOf Italian unification ⓘ
Risorgimento ⓘ
politicalConsequence Beginning of the Roman Question between Italy and the Papacy ⓘ
Pope confined to the Vatican ⓘ
Rome became capital of unified Italy ⓘ
precededBy Franco-Prussian War withdrawal of French troops from Rome ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
relatedDocument Lateran Treaty ⓘ
Law of Guarantees ⓘ
religiousConsequence Pope Pius IX declared himself a prisoner in the Vatican ⓘ
result Completion of Italian unification ⓘ
End of papal temporal power ⓘ
Italian victory ⓘ
Rome annexed by the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
significantPlace Aurelian Walls ⓘ
Porta Pia ⓘ
Quirinal Palace ⓘ
startDate 1870-09-20 ⓘ
temporalScope End of Papal States as a sovereign territorial power ⓘ
year 1870 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Risorgimento → hasPart → Annexation of the Papal States ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Rome
Italian Risorgimento → hasPart → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Papal States → endCause → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Third Italian War of Independence → followedBy → Capture of Rome (1870) ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Rome
Annexation of Venetia → relatedEvent → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Italian Wars of Independence → significantEvent → Capture of Rome (1870) ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Rome
Roman Question → significantEvent → Capture of Rome ⓘ
States of the Church → event → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Via XX Settembre → namedForEvent → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Raffaele Cadorna → notableWork → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Raffaele Cadorna → notableEvent → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Via XX Settembre → namedAfter → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Breccia di Porta Pia → partOf → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Breccia di Porta Pia → precededBy → siege of Rome in 1870 ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Rome
Presa di Roma → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Porta Pia → significantEvent → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Piazza XX Settembre → commemorates → Capture of Rome ⓘ
Battle of Mentana (1867) → relatedEvent → Capture of Rome (1870) ⓘ
linked to: Capture of Rome