Rimini Proclamation

The Rimini Proclamation was a proclamation on 30 March 1815 by Joachim Murat, who had been made king of Naples by Napoleon I. Murat had just declared war on Austria and used the proclamation to call on Italians to revolt against their Austrian occupiers and to show himself as a backer of Italian independence, in an attempt to find allies in his desperate battle to hang onto his throne. It began: The proclamation impressed Alessandro Manzoni, who wrote a poem later that year entitled Il proclama di Rimini, but he left it unfinished after Murat's military campaign failed. Text Text of the proclamation on Italian Wikisource Napoleonic Wars Italian unification Proclamations 1815 in Italy 19th century in the Kingdom of Naples March 1815 events 1815 documents Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) Joachim Murat