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Piedmont, where he organized the expedition to Sapri in 1857, but shortly after his arrival there he was defeated and severely wounded by the See also:

Bourbon troops. Condemned to See also:

DEATH

death, but reprieved through the intervention of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, he remained a prisoner at Naples and at Favignana until 186o, when he joined Garibaldi at See also:

PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo. Sent by Garibaldi to See also:

Tuscany, he attempted to invade the Papal States with a volunteer See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, but his followers were disarmed and disbanded by See also:

RICASOLI, BETTINO, BARON (1809-1880)

Ricasoli and See also:

Cavour. In 1862 he was with Garibaldi at See also:

ASPROMONTE

Aspromonte; in 1866 he commanded a volunteer brigade against See also:

Austria; in 1867 he invaded the Papal States from the See also:

south, but the defeat of Garibaldi at Mentana put an end to his enterprise. His See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary career See also:

DATES

dates from 186o. During the first ten years he engaged in violent opposition, but from 1870 onwards he joined in supporting the military reforms of Ricotti. Upon the See also:

ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

advent of the See also:

LEFT

Left in 1876, Nicotera became minister of the interior, and governed with remarkable firmness. He was obliged to resign in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1877, when he joined See also:

CRISPI, FRANCESCO (1819-1901)

Crispi, See also:

CAIROLI, BENEDETTO (1825-1889)

Cairoli, See also:

ZANARDELLI, GIUSEPPE (1826—1903)

Zanardelli and Baccarini in forming the " pentarchy " in opposition to See also:

DEPRETIS, AGOSTINO (1813-1887)

Depretis, but he only returned to See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power thirteen years later as minister of the interior in the Rudini See also:

CABINET

cabinet of 1891. On this occasion he restored the See also:

SYSTEM

system of uninominal constituencies, resisted the socialist agitation, and pressed, though in vain, for the See also:

ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of drastic See also:

MEASURES

measures against the false See also:

BANK

bank-notes put in circulation by the See also:

ROMAN

Roman bank. He See also:

fell with the Rudini cabinet in May 1892, and died at See also:

VICO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1668-1744)

Vico Equense, near Naples, on the 13th of See also:

JUNE

June 1894.

See V. See also:

GIORDANO, LUCA (1632–1705)

Giordano, La Vita ed i discorsi di Giovanni Nicotera (Salermo, 1878); Mauro, Biografia di Giovanni Nicotera (Rome, 1886; See also:

German trans., See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1886) ; and See also:

MARIO, GIUSEPPE, COUNT OF CANDIA (1810-1883)

Mario, In memoria di Giovanni Nicotera (See also:

Florence, 1894).

End of Article: NICOTERA, GIOVANNI (1828-1894)

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