Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Italy Events Date Type 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 People Documents Images
