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Italy in 1919

Historical records for Italy in 1919, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

16Records
15Events
10Named people
3Places
7Categories

Historical records

January

12 January 1919Supreme War CouncilVittorio Emanuele Orlando

Paris · Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italy in Allied postwar deliberations.

March

23 March 1919BlacksirtsBenito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

Politics / Nazionale Fascista

Groups within the PNF called Blackshirts built a base of power by violently attacking socialists and their institutions in the rural Po Valley thereby gaining the support of landowners

23 March 1919Fasci di CombattimentoBenito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

Milan · Politics / Nazionale Fascista

Marks the transformation of the paramilitary Fasci Italiani di Combattimento into a more coherent political group (the Fasci di Combattimento, founded by Mussolini in Milans Piazza San Sepolcro

23 March 1919PNFBenito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

Politics / Nazionale Fascista

In Milan, used to break up strikes & make violent assaults on opponents of fascism. Groups within the PNF called Blackshirts built a base of power by violently attacking socialists and their institutions in the rural Po Valley thereby gaining the support of landowners

23 March 1919PNFBenito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

Milan · Politics / Nazionale Fascista

Marks the transformation of the paramilitary Fasci Italiani di Combattimento into a more coherent political group (the Fasci di Combattimento, founded by Mussolini in Milans Piazza San Sepolcro

23 March 1919StrikesBenito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini

Politics / Nazionale Fascista

In Milan, used to break up strikes & make violent assaults on opponents of fascism

June

20 June 1919Resignation of Vittorio Emmanuele OrlandoVittorio Emmanuele Orlando

Government / Government of Italy

Resigns after Woodrow Wilson refuses to recognize his territorial demands

20 June 1919Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando International RelationsVittorio Emmanuele Orlando

Government / Government of Italy

Resigns after Woodrow Wilson refuses to recognize his territorial demands

Other Events

1919Chief of StaffPietro Badoglio Addis Ababa

Warfare / Military

Appointed General

1919Conference of ParisBenedict XV

Paris · Warfare / World War, 1st

The Vatican is excluded from the Paris Peace Conference

1919Le Mots en Liberte FuturistesFilippo Tommaso Marinetti

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Le Mots en Liberte Futuristes"

1919Minister of JusticeLuigi Facta

Government / Government of Italy

Appointed Minister of Justice

1919Ordine NuovoAntonio Gramsci

Politics / Communist Party

Founds the socialist weekly paper, "Ordine Nuovo"

1919PopePius XI

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Nuncio to Poland, 1919-1922

1919President of ItalyVittorio Emmanuele Orlando

Government / Government of Italy

Appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies

1919Secretary General of Peoples PartyAlcide de Gasperi

Government / Government of Italy

Appointed Secretary General of the Peoples Party

Names involved

Alcide de GasperiAntonio GramsciBenedict XVBenito Amilicare Andrea MussoliniFilippo Tommaso MarinettiLuigi FactaPietro Badoglio Addis AbabaPius XIVittorio Emanuele OrlandoVittorio Emmanuele Orlando

Places involved

MilanParisVatican

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.