1. Italian Unification
Italy finally became a unified country in 1870 when Rome was handed over from the Pope. The unification movement is known by Italians as the Risorgimento ('rebirth' or 'resurgence'); however, as you will see there was no clear plan from 1815 as to how unification would happen and indeed unification was never an inevitable outcome of events 1815 to 1870. The start of a nationalist movement aimed at unifying Italy...