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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 (...)