Strike
Strikes are made illegal
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1926 in Italy
Explore 16 historical events and records for Italy in 1926.
Historical records for Italy in 1926
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February
April
Plot
Failed attempt to assassinate Mussolini
Duca degli Abruzzi
Founds the Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi, an agricultural settlement experimenting new cultivation techniques
August
Quota 90 Gold Policy Announced
Mussolini announces the Quota 90 policy, seeking a strong lira and a return to gold convertibility at an exchange rate near 90 lire to sterling.
Death of Rudolph Valentino
Death of Rudolph Valentino
October
Political Parties
All political opposition to Fascism is banned
December
Nobel Prize in Literature
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for vivid writing about Sardinian life and universal human problems.
Other events (month unknown)
after his death
Writes "Prison Notebooks" while in prison, published after his death in 1947
Arrest of Antonio Gramsci
Arrested by Mussolini for 20 yrs despite the immunity of being a Member of Parliament
Consecration
Consecrates the 1st Chinese bishops
Fermi Gas Theory
Applies his new statistics to an ideal gas of particles subject to the Pauli exclusion principle and establishes the theoretical basis of a degenerate Fermi gas.
Fermi-Dirac Electron Statistics
Develops quantum statistics for indistinguishable particles obeying the Pauli exclusion principle, providing the statistical framework now known as Fermi-Dirac statistics.
Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
Prison Notebooks
Writes "Prison Notebooks" while in prison, published after his death in 1947
Rome Theoretical Physics Chair
Wins the newly created chair of theoretical physics at the University of Rome and begins building an influential research school.
Turandot Milan Premiere
Giacomo Puccini's unfinished Turandot premiered posthumously at La Scala, presenting a deadly riddle contest in a fictionalized imperial China.
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