Southern Italy and Naples in Modern Times JoliCorteoReale.gif (97510 bytes)Timeline
1707-1734 Kingdom of Naples under the Austrians  
1734-1860 Under the Bourbons (with a Napoleonic interlude)

Charles III (1734-1788)

The Capodimonte Palace, Biblioteca Nazionale, Palazzo Reale at Caserta, Excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum

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King Charles III leaves for Spain 1759 to become King of Spain

October 1 and 2, 1860 Garibaldi defeats Bourbons  

 

The King of Italy, Vittorio Emmanuele, entered Naples on October 21, 1860 "The Southern Question"