Episode 2 of 3

Formal Alliance Signing

When
28-29 January 1859
Where
Turin
Part of
Cavour goads Austria toward attacking Sardinia

The treaty creating a formal Franco-Piedmontese alliance was signed in January 1859.

The treaty was signed on 28/29 January 1859 at Turin by Victor Emmanuel II and at Paris on 26 January 1859 by Napoleon III. This formalized the military alliance agreed upon at Plombières.

Sources

  1. Plombières Agreement Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-04

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