Italy's operations against Austria had come to an end with the Armistice of Cormons on August 12, 1866. The full peace treaty signed in Vienna on this day, with the help of the mediation of Napoleon III of France, saw the Austrian Empire's full recognition of the Kingdom of Italy and awarded the Italian-speaking province of Venetia to France. France then, on the positive verdict of a plebiscite, would transfer the province to Italian control. Venetia voted overwhelmingly to join Italy and did so in October 1866. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"German-Italian War," The American Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1866 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873), 373.
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