Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Organisation founded
A separatist movement seeking Sicilian independence formed during the Allied occupation of the island.
Significance here: The principal Sicilian separatist movement of the 1940s, whose armed and electoral activity directly shaped Italy's decision to grant Sicily special autonomy.
· Constitutional change
A special autonomy statute was granted to Sicily by royal decree, later incorporated into the Italian Constitution, to defuse separatist unrest.
Significance here: Established Sicily's modern special autonomous status, directly in response to the separatist and armed unrest of the mid-1940s.
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