Cavour Timeline

1841

Monday 1 March: he takes part in establishing the Torino Whist Society with other Piedmontese aristocrats;

Saturday 24 - Friday 30 April: Anna Giustiniani Schiaffino commits suicide;

Saturday 10 August: he turns 31;

 Sunday 17 October: he travels to Geneva, Vauvillers, Chambéry;

December: he returns to Torino.

1842

January: he travels to Chambéry and Geneva;

June: he travels to Chambéry and Paris;

July: he continues his trip all the way to Bordeaux;

 Wednesday 10 August: he turns 32;

 Sunday 14 August: his aunt Henriette d’Auzers dies;

Thursday 25 August: King Carlo Alberto approves the statute of the Farming Association where Cavour is a resident counselor;

20 October: he travels to Chambéry, Geneva, Vauvillers;

13 November: he arrives in Paris for a long stay.

1843

(early) April: he leaves Paris heading for London with Augusto De La Rive;

August: he returns to Torino;

Thursday 10 August: he turns 33;

Wednesday 30 August: his article «Considerations on the low benefits of establishing model farms in Piedmont» is published by the «Gazzetta dell’Associazione Agraria»;

Friday 15 September: an article of his is published within Geneva’s «Bibliothèque Universelle» (dated 11 September) on the posthumous work by Federico Lullin de Châteauvieux: «Voyages agronomiques en France»;

October: he participates to the first Farming Congress in Alba;

1844

January-February: his «Considérations sur l’état actuel de l’Irlande et sur son avenir» are published in the booklets of Geneva’s «Bibliothèque Universelle»;

Thursday 22 February: he is nominated member of the Award committee and of the Press committee of the Associazione Agraria (Farming Association);

Thursday 28 March: he writes an open letter to Alessandro Bixio, director of the «Journal d’agriculture pratique» of Paris, on the «Situation of wool producers» published in April’s edition;

Saturday 27 April: he writes to Émile De La Rüe from Grinzane;

Friday 24 May: he publishes an article on the 1844 Agricultural Congress in France on the «Gazzetta dell’Associazione Agraria»;

Saturday 10 August: he turns 34;

27 August, Tuesday: he attends the 2nd Farming Congress in Pinerolo.

1845

January-February: his article «De la question relative à la législation anglaise sur le commerce des céréales» is published in Geneva’s «Bibliothèque Universelle»;

Sunday 5 January: he promotes the Torino-Savigliano railway company;

Thursday 24 April: Camillo’s mother, Adèle di Cavour, dies;

Friday 25 April: Compagnia Savoiarda is wound up;

Thursday 1 May: a review of Ilarione Petitti’s book «Delle strade ferrate in Italia» penned by Camillo is published in the «Revue Nouvelle» of Paris;

Sunday 10 August: he turns 35;

Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 September: he attends a Farming Congress in Mortara.

1846

Wednesday 21 October: he writes to engineer Rocco Colli;

Wednesday 28 October: he writes to engineer Rocco Colli.

1847

Wednesday 31 March: a first article by him on «The influence that the new English commercial policy must wield on the financial world and on Italy in particular» appears in publication n. 9 of the «Antologia Italiana» (the essay remained unfinished);

April: he founds the Rossi e Schiaparelli Company for the manufacturing of chemical products;

Monday 24 May: he holds a brief speech in honor of R. Cobden who is passing through Torino;

July-12 August: on holiday in Geneva and Presinge;

Saturday 16 October: he participates in the founding of Banca di Torino;

 Wednesday 15 December: the first number of newspaper «Il Risorgimento» is published, featuring an article by Camillo Cavour (among its founders), titled «The influence of reform on the economic conditions of Italy»;

Tuesday 21 December: he becomes the director of newspaper «Il Risorgimento».

1848

Tuesday 4 January: an article by him titled «Guizot and the Italian Risorgimento» is published by «Il Risorgimento»;

Friday 7 January: Torino’s newspaper directors meeting at Albergo Europa in Torino. In vain Cavour proposes to demand a Constitution from Carlo Alberto; an article by him titled «England» is published on «Il Risorgimento»;

Saturday 8 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The facts of Genova»;

Sunday 9 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Appeal to the people of Genova»;

 Thursday 13 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «England. A review of the main deeds during the last session of the English Parliament»;

Friday 14 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Guizot and the Italian Risorgimento»;

Saturday 15 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Press and Parliament»;

Monday 17 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The trials of journalism» signed “The Directorate”;

Thursday 20 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes articles by him titled «France and England’s policies towards Italy» and «Silk trade in England»;

Tuesday 25 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The finances of the Papal States»;

Saturday 29 January: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The bank of Genova»;

Tuesday 1 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «On the financial conditions of France»;

Friday 4 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Italian Risorgimento and the English, French, and Spanish Revolutions»;

Monday 7 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Civic Guard and free institutions»;

Tuesday 8 February: Carlo Alberto promises he will grant a Constitution;

Saturday 12 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Electoral law 1. Political and administrative law»;

Saturday 19 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Electoral law 2. On the number of congressmen»;

Tuesday 22 February: «Il Risorgimento» publishes articles by him titled «Electoral law 3. On electoral seats» and «A brief introduction to the constitution for the people by M. A. Castelli and G. Briano»;

Wednesday 23 February: he is appointed member of the Commission for electoral law; «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Electoral law 4. The active electorate»;

Saturday 4 March: proclamation of the Statuto Albertino (the Albertine Statute);

Monday 6 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The February Revolution. 1. Political experiments and social reforms»;

Tuesday 7 March: he is made captain of the National Guard;

Friday 10 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Criticisms of the Statute»;

Saturday 11 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The February revolution. 2. The production and distribution of wealth»;

Friday 17 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The February revolution. 3. The organization of work»;

Saturday 18 March: the Five days of Milano uprising;

Sunday 19 March: the Sardinian electoral law is published;

Tuesday 21 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Piedmontese electoral law»;

Thursday 23 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Immediate war, without delay», promoting a swift intervention against Austria;

Tuesday 28 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «War in Italy and England [1]»;

Friday 31 March: «Il Risorgimento» publishes articles by him titled «War in Italy and England [2]» and «The need for elections»;

Saturday 1 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «War in Italy and England [3]»;

Tuesday 4 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Debate with Cesare Cantù»;

Thursday 6 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Savoy, Piedmont, and French politics [1]»;

Monday 10 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Savoy, Piedmont, and French politics [2]»;

Tuesday 11 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Savoy, Piedmont, and French politics [3]»;

Thursday 13 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «To the voters in the area of Vercelli»;

Saturday 15 April: Il Risorgimento» publishes articles by him titled «Loans and trade. The silk industry [1]» and «To the constituency of Vercelli»;

Monday 17 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Chartism and political freedom in England»;

Tuesday 18 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Lord Brougham and Italy»;

Saturday 22 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The French financial crisis»;

Monday 24 April: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The conditions of the army»;

Wednesday 26 April: he is defeated in the political elections for the first legislature in the constituencies of Torino 5, Cigliano, Monforte, Vercelli;

Wednesday 3 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The neutral status of Switzerland»;

Thursday 4 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Milano-Genova railway»;

Saturday 6 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The rules of the Chamber of Deputies [1]»;

Tuesday 9 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Crown’s speech»;

Wednesday 10 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «A reply to the Crown’s speech»;

Friday 12 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The rules of the Chamber of Deputies [2]»;

Saturday 13 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The customs union with Sardinia»;

Tuesday 16 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Times and Piedmontese politics»;

Thursday 18 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Freedom of conscience and freedom of religion»;

Friday 19 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The new rules of the French National Assembly»;

Saturday 20 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Savoy, Piedmont, and French politics [4]»;

Monday 22 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled: «The February revolution. 4. Parties»;

Tuesday 23 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled: «France and Polish independence»;

Wednesday 24 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes three articles by him titled: «The union of Piacenza and Piedmont», «The controversy with Costituzionale Subalpino», and «The new rules of the French National Assembly»;

Saturday 27 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The reform of the Senate»;

Tuesday 30 May: his favorite nephew, Augusto Benso di Cavour, is wounded in the battle of Goito (Mn);

Wednesday 31 May: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «On conducting war»; his nephew Augusto dies of the wounds he was inflicted in battle on the previous day;

Saturday 9 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Loans and trade. The silk industry [2]»;

Thursday 15 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The political and financial crisis in France»;

Saturday 17 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «England’s trade and foreign policy»;

Tuesday 20 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The union of Lombardy and the kingdom of Sardinia, and the constituent assembly [1]»;

 Friday 23 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The union of Lombardy and the kingdom of Sardinia, and the constituent assembly [2]»;

Saturday 24 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Loans and trade. The silk industry [3]»;

Monday 26 June: he wins the additional elections in the constituencies of Torino 1, Monforte, Cigliano, Iglesias. He chooses Torino; «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The union of Lombardy and the kingdom of Sardinia, and the constituent assembly [3]»;

Friday 30 June: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The Parisian revolution of June 1848»;

Saturday 1° July: he debuts at the Chamber of Deputies with a brief speech “On the 10 cents tax to be applied to lottery tickets”;

Tuesday 4 July: he holds the first proper speech in the Chamber of Deputies on the “legislation for the union with the Lombardy and Veneto regions”;

Wednesday 5 July: he holds the second speech in the Chamber of Deputies on the legislation for the union with the Lombardy and Veneto regions;

Thursday 6 July: he proposes to the Chamber of Deputies an amendment to article 5 regarding Customs policy (“relating to customs legislation, executive powers, having consulted the Lombard council, may provide royal decrees”) and gives a third and fourth speech to the Chamber of Deputies on the legislation for the union with the Lombardy and Veneto regions;

Friday 7 July: once more he briefly insists on the same subject in the Chamber of Deputies;

Thursday 13 July: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Report on provisions for protecting public order»;

Friday 14 July: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Urgent financial measures [1]»;

Saturday 15 July: he speaks in favor of a petition by the Beggars’ Shelter in Torino; «Il Risorgimento» publishes two articles by him titled «Urgent financial measures [2]» and «English silk exports»;

Tuesday 18 July: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Urgent financial measures [3]»;

Wednesday 19 July: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Urgent financial measures [4]»;

Thursday 20 July: he chooses the Torino constituency, forgoing the seats of Cigliano, Monforte and Iglesias;

Early August: he is appointed member of a consulting committee in the Ministry of Finance;

Tuesday 22 August: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «The need for an inquest on the war»;

25 August, Friday: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «Declaration»;

Wednesday 13 September: «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «On loaning legislation. Art. I»;

Saturday 16 September:  «Il Risorgimento» publishes an article by him titled «On loaning legislation. Art. II»;

Friday 20 October: he holds a speech in the Chamber in favor of Anglo-French mediation and against immediately resuming the war;

1848

Thursday 18 January: death of his aunt Victoire di Clermont-Tonnerre, who makes him sole heir of her fortune;

Monday 22 January: he is defeated in the political elections for the second legislature in the seat of Torino 1;

Monday 9 April: he signs his will leaving everything to his brother Gustavo or, in case of his death, to his nephew Ainardo;

Sunday 15 April: his paternal grandmother Filippina (born surname: de Sales) dies;

Sunday 15 July: he wins the elections for the third legislature in the constituencies of Torino 1 and Finalborgo. He opts for Torino;

Wednesday 14 November: a merger between Banca di Torino and Banca di Genova is decided, to establish Banca Nazionale di Sardegna;

Sunday 9 December: he wins elections for the fourth legislature in the constituency of Torino 1.

1849

7 March, Thursday: he achieves his first success as a speaker in the Chamber with a speech on a legislation plan to abolish the ecclesiastical tribunal and the right of asylum (Siccardi laws);

Saturday 13 April: he duels with MP Enrico Avigdor;

Saturday 15 June: his father, Marquis Michele Benso di Cavour, dies;

Monday 5 August: his friend, Minister for Agriculture, Trade, and the Navy Pietro di Santarosa, dies. He resigns from the executive council of Banca Nazionale’s Torino branch;

Saturday 10 August: he turns forty;

Friday 11 October: on the morning of 11 October Camillo Cavour swears loyalty to HM the King as Minister of Agriculture, Trade, and the Navy;

Saturday 12 October: he resigns from his position as director of «Il Risorgimento»;

Thursday 5 December: he signs a treaty for trade and sailing rights with France.