Legal Suspension of Convertibility
Italy legally suspends banknote convertibility after the banking crisis, ending the formal gold-standard arrangement restored in the previous decade.
Role range: 1893-1896
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Sidney Sonnino Biography and Timeline
Follow Sidney Sonnino through 16 dated historical records for Italy.
Sidney Sonnino, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1894–1917Years on this page
1894
1915
Albanian Arrangement
Accepts provisions concerning Valona, a reduced neutral Albanian state and possible territorial changes around Albania.
Role range: 1914-1918
Dodecanese Promise
Obtains Allied recognition of future Italian sovereignty over the Dodecanese islands then occupied by Italy.
Role range: 1914-1918
Trieste and Istria Promise
Secures promised Italian acquisition of Trieste, Gorizia, Gradisca and most of Istria under the secret settlement.
Role range: 1914-1918
Adalia Interest
Obtains recognition of an Italian interest in the region around Adalia if Ottoman territory in Asia is partitioned.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Albanian Arrangements
Accepts provisions allowing a reduced neutral Albanian state while giving Italy a privileged position around Valona and in Albanian foreign affairs.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Dalmatian Claims
Obtains extensive promised territorial gains along the Dalmatian coast and islands.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Dodecanese
Secures Allied recognition of Italian ownership of the Dodecanese islands already occupied by Italy.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
London Loan
Obtains a British undertaking to facilitate an immediate Italian loan of at least fifty million pounds on the London market.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Treaty Secrecy
Accepts that the agreement and its territorial promises will remain secret.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Treaty of London
Negotiates the secret agreement promising Italy Trentino, South Tyrol, Trieste, Istria and other gains in return for entering the war.
Role range: 1914-1918
Trentino and South Tyrol
Secures Allied promises that Italy will receive Trentino and South Tyrol to the Brenner after victory.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Trieste and Istria
Obtains promises of Trieste, Gorizia, Gradisca and most of Istria in the future peace settlement.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Valona and Saseno
Secures a promise that Italy will receive Valona, Saseno and surrounding strategic territory.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
War Contribution
Secures a promise that Italy will receive a share of any war contribution proportionate to its sacrifices.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
1917
Supreme War Council
Represents Italian foreign policy in the Rapallo discussions.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1914-1919
Records, sources and methodology
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