<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_constitutional_referendum,_1946" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian constitutional referendum, 1946">Birth of the Italian Republic</a>: In a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Referendum">referendum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italy">Italians</a> vote to turn Italy from a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monarchy">monarchy</a> into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">Republic</a>. After the referendum, King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_II_of_Italy" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Umberto II of Italy">Umberto II of Italy</a> is exiled.