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Italy took the initiative in entering the war in spring 1915, despite strong popular and elite sentiment in favor of neutrality. Italy was a large, poor country whose political system was chaotic, its finances were heavily strained, and its army was very poorly prepared. [160] The Triple Alliance meant little either to Italians or Austrians.
Rome replaces Florence as the capital city of Italy. 2 October: Italian Prime Minister Lanza holds a plebiscite in Rome and the citizens overwhelming vote in favor of union with Italy. 9 October: A royal decree confirms the incorporation of Rome and surrounding Lazio into the Kingdom of Italy. 1878: 3 January: King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ...
This situation was shaken in 1796, when the French Army of Italy under Napoleon invaded Italy, with the aims of forcing the First Coalition to abandon Sardinia (where they had created an anti-revolutionary puppet-ruler) and forcing Austria to withdraw from Italy. The first battles came on April 9 between the French and the Piedmontese and ...
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western Europe. [13] [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
The city lies in a mountainous area and had a defensive position that contributed to the victory of Đại Cồ Việt against the Song dynasty of China. Bandar Seri Begawan: Po-ni and Bruneian Empire Brunei: 977 AD [160] Oldest city in Borneo. Butuan: Rajahnate of Butuan Philippines: 1001 AD [161] [162] Oldest continuously inhabited city in ...
Di Scala, Spencer M. Italy: From Revolution to Republic, 1700 to the Present. (1998) 436pp online edition; Domenico, Roy. The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture (2002) online edition Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine; Duggan, Christopher. The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 (2008) excerpt and ...
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Map of Italy and some of its major cities. The following is a list of Italian municipalities with a population over 50,000.The table below contains the cities populations as of 31 December 2021, [1] as estimated by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, [2] and the cities census population from the 2011 Italian Census. [3]