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2 days ago · Portrait of Ferdinand II, 1844. The Kingdom of Two Sicilies, over the course of 1848–1849, had been able to suppress the revolution and the attempt of Sicilian secession with their own forces, hired Swiss Guards included. The war declared on Austria in April 1848, under pressure of public sentiment, had been an event on paper only.
- Naples
The Army of the Kingdom of Naples, active during the French...
- Ferdinand II
Ferdinand was born in Palermo to King Francis I of the Two...
- Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia is a term used to denote the...
- Ferdinand I
Before that he had been, since 1759, King of Naples as...
- Monarchs of The Two Sicilies
Joachim Murat was the first king to rule a kingdom called...
- Expedition of The Thousand
The Expedition of the Thousand (Italian: Spedizione dei...
- Mezzogiorno
In a similar fashion to France's Midi ("midday" or "noon" in...
- Naples
5 days ago · With the fall of Napoleon, he returned to Naples as Ferdinand I of the united kingdom of the Two Sicilies (December 1816). His renewal of absolute rule led to the constitutionalist uprising of 1820, which forced Ferdinand to grant a constitution.
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2 days ago · When the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was founded, the original capital city was Palermo (1816) but a year later moved to Naples. The revolution in Palermo (12 January 1848) From 1820 to 1848 Sicily was shaken by upheavals, which culminated on 12 January 1848, with a popular insurrection , the first one in Europe that year, led by Giuseppe La Masa .
3 days ago · Francis II of the Two Sicilies, the son and successor of Ferdinand II (the infamous "King Bomba"), had a well-organized army of 150,000 men. But his father's tyranny had inspired many secret societies, and the kingdom's Swiss mercenaries were unexpectedly recalled home under the terms of a new Swiss law that forbade Swiss citizens to serve as ...
2 days ago · Religion. Vietnam bishops commit to the beatification process of two French missionaries. Bishops François Pallu (1626-1684) and Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624-1679), co-founders of the Paris...
1 day ago · Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the first to grant one (January 29, 1848). Other rulers were compelled to follow his example: Leopold II on February 17, Charles Albert on March 4, and Pope Pius IX on March 14.
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3 days ago · Vietnam (1954–76) The agreements concluded in Geneva between April and July 1954 (collectively called the Geneva Accords) were signed by French and Viet Minh representatives and provided for a cease-fire and temporary division of the country into two military zones at latitude 17 °N (popularly called the 17th parallel).
