06/20/1859 |
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria takes personal command of his armies in Italy |
US/the World |
05/23/1859 |
Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and advances to Lake Maggiore |
Foreign |
05/24/1859 |
Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and forces the Austrians from Varese |
Foreign |
05/27/1859 |
Giuseppe Garibaldi leads his volunteers into north-western Lombardy and takes Como |
Foreign |
03/03/1862 |
In Italy, Baron Bettino Ricàsoli resigns as Prime Minister |
US/the World |
04/26/1861 |
In Milan, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli discovers the 69 Hesperia asteroid |
Science/Technology |
06/08/1859 |
Napoleon III and King Victor-Emmanuel enter Milan in triumph |
Foreign |