Republic of San Marco

This article is about the specific polity Republic of San Marco and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was an Italian revolutionary state created in Venice during the Revolutions of 1848.

Establishment

March 1848: The Republic of San Marco was a state established in Venice on 22 March 1848 following the insurrection of the city.

March 1848: Between 24 and 29 March Treviso, Padua, Belluno, Rovigo, Udine and Vicenza joined the Republic.

April 1848: The bulk of the Austrian forces attacked Udine which on the 22nd, after an artillery bombardment, surrendered.

April 1848: Durando was a general in the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by King Charles Albert. Pius IX was the Pope of the Papal States. The military occupation of Treviso by the Papal States in 1848 was part of the Italian Wars of Independence.

May 1848: On May 5, the Austrians entered Belluno.

May 1848: In 1848, during the First Italian War of Independence, the brigade led by Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi went beyond the Piave River to Feltre, a town in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia. This action was part of the movement to unify Italy and break away from Austrian control.

May 1848: Battle of Cornuda.

June 1848: Battle of Monte Berico.

July 1848: Venice is the only city in Lombardo-Veneto to still remain in the hands of the insurgents.

October 1848: In Osoppo, in Friuli, following the armistice, about 350 patriots barricaded themselves in the village fortress, under the leadership of Leonardo Andervolti , surrendering to the Austrians on October 13, 1848.

Chronology

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1. Revolutions of 1848

Was a revolutionary wave in Europe that started in France. The revolutions were essentially democratic and liberal in nature, with the aim of removing the old monarchical structures and creating independent nation-states, as envisioned by romantic nationalism.

1.1.Revolution in Venice

Was a revolt against Austrian rule in Venice during the 1848 Revolutions.

1.2.First Italian War of Independence

Was the first of the three traditional Italian Wars of Independence. It was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire but it did not led to any territorial modification.

1.2.1.Venetian Front

Was the Venetian front of the First Italian War of Independence.

August 1849: Siege of Venice (1849).

1.2.2.Papal State Front

Was the front in the Papal States of the First Italian War of Independence.