Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi

ITALIAN REVOLUTIONARY

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• John Foot
• Denis Mack Smith

LAST UPDATED: Jul 1, 2019 See Article History

Giuseppe Garibaldi, (born July 4, 1807, Nice, French Empire [now in France]—died June 2, 1882, Caprera, Italy), Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento, a republican who, through his conquest of Sicily and Naples with his guerrilla Redshirts, contributed to the achievement of Italian unification under the royal house of Savoy.

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