<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Italian War of Independence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the wars of Italian Unification </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, by Jean - Louis - Ernest Meissonier Oil on canvas, 1863 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 29 April--11 July 1859 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Lombardy - Venetia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory Armistice of Villafranca (12 July 1859) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Sardinia annexed Lombardy from Austria Sardinia occupied and later annexed Habsburg - ruled Tuscany and Romagna France gains Savoy and Nice from Sardinia </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Supported by: United Provinces of Central Italy </Td> <Td> Austrian Empire Habsburg Tuscany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Napoleon III Victor Emmanuel II Giuseppe Garibaldi </Td> <Td> Franz Josef I Ferenc Gyulay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> French: 128,000 troops 312 guns Piedmontese: 56,000 troops 90 guns </Td> <Td> Austrian: 198,000 troops 824 guns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25,720 5,498 killed 1,128 missing 17,054 wounded 2,040 disease deaths Unknown total 1,533 killed 1,268 missing </Td> <Td> Unknown total 12,568 killed </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Second Italian War of Independence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the wars of Italian Unification </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, by Jean - Louis - Ernest Meissonier Oil on canvas, 1863 </Td> </Tr>

Dye named after the italian war of independance