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⭐ In the context of the Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, the Anniversary of the Unification of Italy is considered a commemoration of what foundational event?

March 17th marks the date Victor Emmanuel II took on the title of King of Italy, extending the existing Kingdom of Sardinia to encompass the newly unified nation, and this event is annually commemorated as the anniversary of Italian unification.

⭐ Core Definition: Anniversary of the unification of Italy

The Anniversary of the Unification of Italy (Italian: Anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia) is a national day that falls annually on 17 March and celebrates the birth of Italy as a modern nation state, which took place following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy on 17 March 1861.

However, the complete unification of Italy took place only in the following years. In 1866 the Veneto and the province of Mantua were annexed after the Third Italian War of Independence, then in 1870 Lazio after the capture of Rome, and finally in 1918 Trentino-Alto Adige and Julian March after the First World War. In this regard, the National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Victory Day) was also established, which is celebrated annually on 4 November, recalling the Italian victory in the First World War, a war event considered to complete the process of unification of Italy.

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👉 Anniversary of the unification of Italy in the context of Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed with a normative act of the Savoyard Kingdom of Sardinia — the law 17 March 1861, n. 4761 — with which Victor Emmanuel II assumed for himself and for his successors the title of King of Italy. 17 March is commemorated annually by the anniversary of the unification of Italy, a national holiday established in 1911 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary, and also celebrated, in the Republican era, in 1961 and 2011.

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