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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Victor Emmanuel II of Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861.
Charles Albert went to war in 1848 against the Austrian Empire (which ruled most of northern Italy), but was defeated at the Battle of Novara the following year.
Charles Albert abdicated and Victor Emmanuel became king of Sardinia–Piedmont on March 24, 1849.
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 Waldenses - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In 1655 the French and Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy began a campaign against them.
At the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), the Waldensian leader, Henri Arnaud, led a band into Switzerland; he later led them back to their valleys.
After the French Revolution the Waldenses of Piedmont were assured liberty of conscience, and in 1848, King Charles Albert of Savoy granted them full religious and civil rights.
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 CalendarHome.com - 1675 - Calendar Encyclopedia
August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins
June 12 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b.
September 18 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b.
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1940 - World War II: 54,000 British and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux
1675 - Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy
Roman Empire - sixth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
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 June 12
1940 - World War II: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
1675 - Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b.
1816 - Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione, French marshal (b.
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