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1 Incumbents. 2 Events. 3 Births. 4 Deaths. 5 See also. 6 References. ... April 6-May 2 - Spring 1945 offensive in Italy; April 12–19 - Battle of the Argenta Gap ...
After Mazzini's release in 1831, he went to Marseille, where he organized a new political society called La Giovine Italia (Young Italy) seeking the unification of Italy. Garibaldi participated in an uprising in Piedmont in 1834, was sentenced to death, and escaped to South America. He returned to Italy in 1848.
The period of the late 1960–1970s came to be known as the Opposti Estremismi, (from left-wing and right-wing extremists riots), later renamed Years of Lead (anni di piombo) because of a wave of bombings and shootings – the first victim of this period was Antonio Annarumma, a policeman, killed on 12 November 1969 in Milan during a left-wing ...
The 7.1 M w Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000. 1911: Italy defeats the Ottoman Empire and gains control over Libya and the Rhodes archipelago. The Anniversary of the Unification of Italy is established. 4 June: The Altare della Patria is solemnly ...
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western Europe. [13] [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
The Battle of Berlin ended in decisive Soviet victory.; A Holocaust death march from Dachau to the Austrian border was halted under 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of Waakirchen by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
1 January 1948 [a] 12 May 1948 Italian Liberal Party: 1947 [1] 132 days Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) 12 May 1948 11 May 1955 Italian Liberal Party: 1948 [2] 6 years, 364 days Giovanni Gronchi (1887–1978) 11 May 1955 11 May 1962 Christian Democracy: 1955 [3] 7 years, 0 days Antonio Segni (1891–1972) 11 May 1962 6 December 1964 [b] Christian ...
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.