Today, 177 years ago, on January 12, 1848 (December 7, 1847 in Calendar), the people of Palermo in Italy took up an uprising. On January 12, 1848, the people of Palermo in Italy took up an uprising, after more than a decade of battles, defeating the armies of King Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of Sicily. The victory of the Palermo people's uprising, the prelude to the European revolution of 1848, greatly inspired the people of all European countries.