Sicilian revolution of 1848

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Was an insurrection in Sicily against the House of Bourbon that led to the creation of an independent albeit short-lived Kingdom of Sicily.

Chronology

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1. Secession of Sicily (1848)

During the 1848 Revolutions, Sicily seceeded from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. .

March 1848: The Kingdom of Sicily was a state established in Sicily from 25 March 1848 to 15 May 1849 after gaining independence from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies during the revolution of January 1848.

2. Borbonic reconquest of Sicily

Was the Bourbonic reconquest of Sicily, that had seceeded after a revolt in 1848.

October 1848: Siege of Messina.

April 1849: After fierce fighting, Catania was occupied by the forces of King Ferdinand II.

May 1849: Filangieri took possession of Palermo. When Palermo fell, the whole island fell.

April 1849: On the 9th of September 1849, Syracuse surrendered to the royalists forces.

May 1849: On April 26, a naval squad appeared before Palermo, with an injunction to surrender and, on May 5, the advance of the Neapolitans reached Bagheria.