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1919 in Italy

Explore 17 historical events and records for Italy in 1919.

Historical records for Italy in 1919

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January

Supreme War Council

Orlando, Vittorio Emanuele ยท Paris ยท Warfare / World War, 1st

Represents Italy in Allied postwar deliberations.

March

Blacksirts

Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea ยท 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

Fasci di Combattimento

Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea ยท Milan ยท Party Leader ยท 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

PNF

Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea ยท 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

PNF

Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea ยท Milan ยท Party Leader ยท 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

Strikes

Mussolini, Benito Amilicare Andrea ยท Politics / Nazionale Fascista

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

June

Resignation of Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando

Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele ยท Prime Minister of Italy ยท Government / Government of Italy

Resigns after Woodrow Wilson refuses to recognize his territorial demands

Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando International Relations

Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele ยท Prime Minister of Italy ยท Government / Government of Italy

Resigns after Woodrow Wilson refuses to recognize his territorial demands

Other events (month unknown)

Chief of Staff

Badoglio, Pietro ยท Chief of Staff ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed General

Conference of Paris

Benedict XV ยท Paris ยท Warfare / World War, 1st

The Vatican is excluded from the Paris Peace Conference

Le Mots en Liberte Futuristes

Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso ยท Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Le Mots en Liberte Futuristes"

Minister of Justice

Facta, Luigi ยท Minister of Justice ยท Government / Government of Italy

Appointed Minister of Justice

Ordine Nuovo

Gramsci, Antonio ยท Politics / Communist Party

Founds the socialist weekly paper, "Ordine Nuovo"

Pisa Physics Research

Fermi, Enrico ยท Pisa ยท Student ยท Science / Physics

Undertakes advanced experimental and theoretical physics work at Pisa while developing an unusually broad command of contemporary physics.

Pope

Pius XI ยท Vatican ยท Pope ยท Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Appointed Nuncio to Poland, 1919-1922

President of Italy

Orlando, Vittorio Emmanuele ยท President of Italy ยท Government / Government of Italy

Appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies

Secretary General of Peoples Party

Gasperi, Alcide de ยท Secretary General of Peoples Party ยท Government / Government of Italy

Appointed Secretary General of the Peoples Party

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