# Canonical recap data for Second Italian War of Independence (1859)
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slug: italian-war-independence
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title: Second Italian War of Independence
subtitle: Franco-Piedmontese forces defeated Austria, securing Lombardy and accelerating Italian unification under Victor Emmanuel and Cavour.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1859-04-27
endDate: 1859-07-11
datePrecision: day
year: 1859
decade: 1850
country:
name: Italy
slug: italy
summaryShort: The Second Italian War of Independence was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification.
summaryLong: The Second Italian War of Independence was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Second Italian War of Independence"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence"
  title: Second Italian War of Independence
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Second Italian War of Independence was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a cruci
wikidataQid: Q540978
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-05
  label: Second Italian War of Independence
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italian_War_of_Independence"
