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Events on Thursday 6 June 1861 1
1810 – 1861Camillo Cavour (1810-1861)Died 6 June 1861, aged 50Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, the chief architect of Italian unification, died in Turin just months after becoming the first prime minister of a unified Italy. His diplomacy and statecraft had been central to bringing the Italian states together under Victor Emmanuel II. His sudden death deprived the new kingdom of its most skilled statesman.