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Birth of Mussolini
Mussolini was born in Predappio, Italy. -
Fascist party founded
The Italian Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista—PNF) was the political party of the fascist movement founded in Italy by Benito Mussolini in 1919. When Mussolini took power in 1922, the PNF became the dominant political party in Italy and helped Mussolini turn the country into a totalitarian state. -
Leads Blackshirts on Rome to Seize Power
Mussolini leads his Blackshirts on Rome so he can seize power. He succeeds, creating the world's first fascist government. King Victor Emmanuel III will have little choice but to turn the government over to Mussolini because he has the support of the military, the industrial and capitalist leaders, and the right-wing. -
Hitler Meets With Mussolini to Divide Up Europe
In exchange for a free hand with Czechoslovakia, Hitler lets Mussolini keep control over South Tyrol. -
Revokes Citizenship of Jews
Mussolini's fascist government issues a new law revoking the citizenship of any Jew who became an Italian after January 1, 1919. They are required to leave Italy within six months. -
Jews Banned From Joining Italy's Fascist Party
This is a significant change in fascist policy under Mussolini which is only made to please Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany. -
Joins hitler in Germany's wars
after withholding formal allegiance to either side in the battle between Germany and the Allies, Mussolini, dictator of Italy, declares war on France and Great Britain. -
mussolini resigns n is arrested
The Italian dictator Mussolini is reported to have stepped down as head of the armed forces and the government. -
Marshal Pietro Baoglio replaced Mussolini
Mussolini is summoned by King Victor Emmanuel III, who informs the fascist dictator that he is being replaced by Marshal Pietro Badoglio as Prime Minister of Italy. -
death of mussolini
The council of partisan leaders, lead by the Communists, secretly decided to execute Mussolini and 15 leading Fascists in retaliation. They were executed on April 29, 1945, and their bodies were hung at an Esso gas station in the Piazzale Loreto in Milan.
