the expedition of the thousand

• 11 May 1860: Sardinian lands in the city of Marsala
• 14 May:  Sardinian capture of Salemi
• 15 May: Sardinians capture Calatafimi
• 27 May: The siege of Palermo begins
• 28 May: Small advance into Palermo
• 29 May: Surrender of Palermo
• 31 May: Slow Sardinian advance until the 14th, capturing 1 third of the island. A Sardinian revolt appears in Catania
• 1 June: The revolt of Catania is crushed
• 14 June: A third of Sicily is captured by the Sardinians
• 1 July: Slowly advance to capture the rest of Sicily (done by the 16th), except the cities of Milazzo, Syrcause, Augusta and Messina, including the northern corner
• 16 July: Total conquest of Sicily except the cities
• 17 July: The northern corner is split in two, the siege of Milazzo begins
• 24 July: Milazzo falls to the Sardinians
• 26 July: Capture of Messina
• 3 August; A pro-neapolitan revolt takes control of Bronte
• 4 August: The revolt is crushed
• 18 August: The province of Basilicata swears allegiance to the Sardinians
• 19 August: Sardinian landing in Calabria
• 20 August: Half of Calabria is occuppied except the city of Reggio Calabria
• 21 August: The province of Apulia swears allegiance to the Sardinians. Reggio Calabria is captured
• 22 August; Capture of Catanzaro
• 30 August; Capture of Soveria Mannelli
• 31 August: Full capture of Calabria
• 1 September: Slow advance into Eboli, to be captured on the fifth
• 5 September: Capture of Eboli
• 6 September: Neapolitan army retreats to the Volturno river line
• 9 September: Sardinian capture of Naples (city)
• 11 September: A sardinian army invades the Umbria region of the Papal states, reaching Castelfidardo by the 18th
• 14 September: Siege of Ancona begins
• 18 September: Capture of Castelfidardo
• 24 September: The sieged cities in Sicily surrender
• 26 September: Sardinian siege of Capua
• 29 September: Ancona falls to the Sardinians
• 30 September: Neapolitan counter-attack breaks the siege of Capua and advances South. Annexation of Umbria from the Papal states
• 1 October: Neapolitan advance repelled except Capua. Bitter extra advance along the coast
• 2 October: Capture of Capua and the rest of the kingdom except the city of Gaeta.
• 21 October: Annexation of the Two Sicilies into Sardinia (Except Gaeta)
• 5 November: The siege of Gaeta begins
• 13 February: Gaeta falls, ending the war
• 17 March: Kingdom of Italy proclaimed