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Revision as of 14:12, 5 December 2021
Italy Historical Events Chronology (1860 - 1940)
1860
May 11 . At the head of a body of a thousand volunteers, Giuseppe Garibaldi, disembarks in Sicily (expedition of the Thousand). His troops entered Naples on September 7.
1861
March 17 . The Parliament meeting in Turin proclaims the kingdom of Italy. Victor-Emmanuel II takes the title of king.
1870
September 20 . Italian troops seize Rome, which becomes the capital of the kingdom.
1896
March 1 . Italy's military defeat against Menelik II's troops at Adoua (Ethiopia).
1911-1912
Italo-Turkish War in Libya. The Ottoman Empire ceded in particular Tripolitania and Cyrenaica to the Italians.
1915
May . Initially neutral in the world conflict, Italy goes to war, in exchange for territorial promises, alongside France, Great Britain and Russia.
1919-1920
March 23 . Benito Mussolini creates the Combat Bundles.
1919-1920 Treaties of Versailles and Saint-Germain. The promises made to Italy, which recovers among others Trentino and Istria, are largely unsatisfied.
1921
January 21 . Birth of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
1922
October 27 . March of the fascists on . Mussolini was appointed chairman of the board two days later. He created the great council of fascism in December.
1925-1926
With the " fascist " laws , the Duce becomes the absolute master of the . The fascist dictatorship replaces the constitutional state.
1929
February 11 . Signing of the Lateran Agreements between Mussolini and the Holy See. Catholicism becomes the official religion of the country.
1935-1936
Conquest of . The Italian Empire was proclaimed in May 1936.
1940
June 10 . takes part in the world conflict (...)