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The Kingdom of Sardinia, ... The result of the 1946 Italian institutional referendum was 54.3% in favor of a republic. Flags, royal standards, and coats of arms
The Kingdom of Sardinia was the Savoyard state of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861. [1] [2] [nb 1] ... when Italy was declared a republic by referendum.
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
In 1861, after the annexation of other states in the Italian peninsula, the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia passed a law (Legge n. 4671, 17 marzo 1861) adding to the style of the sovereign the title of King of Italy, although the monarchs retained the designation of King of Sardinia. The Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia was thus the legal ...
Kingdom of Sardinia from 1831 until 1861 Italian Republic de facto from 18 June to 12 October 1946 . ... After the 1946 Italian institutional referendum, ...
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.
Before the adoption of the Constitution of 1948, a unique referendum (called referendum on the institutional form of the State or institutional referendum in Italian) [14] [15] [16] was held on 2 June 1946, [17] Italians were asked to vote on the future form of government of Italy: retain the monarchy or become a republic. The republic vote won ...
Since 1848 Italian nationalist societies [2] and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia [3] had been trying to unify the post-Napoleonic Italian states into a single Italian nation. The main obstacle to Italian Unification was the Habsburg monarchy , which directly or indirectly controlled much of Italy [ 4 ] and was actively invested in keeping ...