Giuseppe Garibaldi was born on 4 July 1807 in Nice. An Italian general and patriot born in Nice, Garibaldi was a sailor who took part in republican uprisings and spent years in exile in South America, where he fought in Brazil and Uruguay and perfected guerrilla tactics. He returned to Italy to defend the short-lived Roman Republic in 1849. In 1860 he led the volunteer force known as the Thousand, the Red Shirts, in the conquest of Sicily and southern Italy from the Bourbon kingdom, then handed the territories over to Victor Emmanuel II, which made possible the unification of Italy under the House of Savoy. He later made unsuccessful attempts to seize Rome. Celebrated as the Hero of Two Worlds, he spent his last years on the island of Caprera.
Before and after
- 1807Discovery of sodium
- 1807Discovery of potassium
- 19 January 1807Birth of Robert E. Lee
- 25 March 1807Britain abolishes the slave trade
- 4 July 1807Birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi
- 7 July 1807Treaties of Tilsit
- from 16 August 1807 to 5 September 1807Battle of Copenhagen
- from 19 November 1807 to 30 November 1807Invasion of Portugal
- 1808Publication of Faust
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