Kingdom of Italy

1861 – 1946 · up to 456 thousand km² · Europe

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Capital: Turin (1861–1865), Florence (1865–1871), Rome (1871–1946)

The Kingdom of Italy was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 18 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June, resulting in the establishment of the modern Italian Republic. The kingdom was established through the unification of several states over a decades-long process, called the Risorgimento. That process was influenced by the Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which was one of Italy's legal predecessor states.

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Predecessors: Kingdom of Sardinia, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Papal States

Successors: Republic of Italy

Events on its territory

c. 1887–1897 African rinderpest epizootic
1908 Messina earthquake
1922 March on Rome: Mussolini takes power