Orsini affair
1858 assassination attempt on Napoleon III / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Orsini affair comprised the diplomatic, political and legal consequences of the "Orsini attempt" (French: attentat d'Orsini): the attempt made on 14 January 1858 by Felice Orsini, with other Italian nationalists and backed by English radicals, to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris.[1]
In the United Kingdom the Palmerston government fell within a month; and some related trials of radicals ended without convictions, as British public opinion reacted against French pressure.
After the assassination attempt, Cavour in Italy was able to make France his ally during the Risorgimento.