Francesco Nullo was an Italian patriot, military officer and merchant, and a close friend and confidant of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
16 Facts About Francesco Nullo
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Francesco Nullo was a participant in the Five Days of Milan and other events of the revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, Sicilian Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and the Polish January Uprising in 1863.
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Francesco Nullo was born on 1 March 1826 in Bergamo, as a son of Arcangelo and Angelina Magno, a wealthy family of linen traders.
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Francesco Nullo finished primary school there, with distinction, and continued his education in the Collegio Celana in Val San Martino ; a former ecclesiastic seminary, one of the best boarding schools in the region.
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Francesco Nullo personally supervised the enrollment of volunteers in Bergamo which, given the large number of accessions, could then boast the title of City of the Thousand.
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Francesco Nullo was wounded in the Battle of Calatafimi, but just a few days later led his soldiers in a charge at the Battle of Palermo.
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Francesco Nullo was the one who planted the first Italian flag in Palermo on 27 May 1860.
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Francesco Nullo fought in the victorious Battle of Reggio in Calabria, and was promoted to major soon afterward.
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Francesco Nullo wrote in the Book of Honor of Bergamo's volunteers:.
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In 1862 Francesco Nullo was arrested along with 123 other partisans while organizing an expedition for the liberation of Austrian-ruled Veneto.
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Francesco Nullo was released, under the pressure of numerous demonstrators calling to "Release Nullo".
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Francesco Nullo continued to be a faithful companion to Garibaldi in the second expedition to Sicily, including at the Battle of Aspromonte, when the Italian Army had to stop Garibaldi in his attempt to reach and conquer Rome, which was protected by France.
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Garibaldi was injured in the battle, and Francesco Nullo was responsible for saving him.
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Farini was considered insane and forced to resign, but Francesco Nullo could leave for Poland, gathering some Italian volunteers.
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The group, commanded by Francesco Nullo, became known as the Garibaldi Legion.
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Francesco Nullo was the patron of the 50 Regiment of Kresy Riflemen.