The Kingdom of Sicily (1806-1815 A.D.)
1806-1815 Ferdinand continues to rule in Sicily.
FIFTH UNION
The Bourbon Dynasty (1815-1860 A.D.)
1815 Ferdinand re-established in the Two Sicilies by the Congress of Vienna. He now calls himself Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and returns to his tyrannical rule.
1819 The Society of the Carbonari becomes powerful. General Pépé joins it.
1820 Sudden revolt of the Carbonari under Pépé. Ferdinand is compelled to grant a new constitution.
1821 At conference of Laibach, the great powers decide to suppress the revolutionary movement in Naples. An Austrian army invades the kingdom; Pépé is defeated and the constitutional government overthrown.
1825 Death of Ferdinand, succeeded by his son Francis I.