Cavour resigns after Villafranca
- When
- after 11 July 1859, before 22 December 1859
- Where
- unspecified; Cavour was formally in office at midnight on 11 July 1859
Cavour was still formally in office around midnight on 11 July 1859 when informed of the Austrian counterproposal; the passages do not state his exact resignation date.
Around midnight on 11 July 1859, Cavour was formally still in office, and Victor Emmanuel II and advisor Costantino Nigra made him aware of the Austrian counterproposal, which loomed an even worse picture for the Kingdom of Sardinia. The supplied passages do not state the exact date or place of his resignation, nor the mechanism of his departure from office. His reaction to the counterproposal is the closest sourced indication of the circumstances. Victor Emmanuel II later recalled him on 22 December 1859.
Sources
- Armistice of Villafranca Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-19
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