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Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy
On October 1870, The Papal states with rome were annexed to be apart of the Italy Kingdom with the support of the plebiscite. -
Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)
The Ethopian army did a heavy amount of damage to the Italian army and the Eritrean Askaris and did more damage causing them back into Eritrea. -
Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti
Avanti was a Socialist newspaper that Mussolini became an editor for and he tried using the newspaper to get people to revolt or start a revolution against Italy. -
Italy invades and takes over Libya
The Italy invasion of Libya happened on 1911, the troops of Italy invaded the Turkish Provience of Libya which resulted in starting the Italo-Turkish war. The Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were created which later unified the Italian Libya. -
Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WW I
Mussolini was kicked out because his views were against the Italian government which resulted in him creating his own newspaper company, II Popolo d’Italia so they can discuss about the war. -
Treaty of London
The Treaty of London, the allies wanted Italy’s help and promised them Trieste, northern Dalmatia, southern Tyrol, and many other territories. -
Beginning of Biennio Rosso
The Beginning of Biennio Rosso was 1919-1920, it was an intense social conflict post war world 1. This involved lots of revolutions with riots and lootings in the north and centre in Italy, with prices of items being cut in half. -
Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan
The Fascio di Combattimento was a fascist organization formed by Mussolini in 1919 and had ultranationalist views appealing originally to veterans from anywhere on the political spectrum. As they fell out of favor, they used violence against any of their political opponents. -
D’Annunzio takes Fiume
D’Annunzio took Fiume on September 12, 1919, from Yugoslavia and ended up giving it to Italy. He decided to take over the city because he had felt a lack of adventure in his life and others wished for him to take it for Italy. With this he was able to construct an army to take it over where he would then face little military opposition in Fiume. -
Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti
Giolitti had formed the National Blocs, this was an electoral list composed by his Liberals with the use of right-wing forces to help slow down the growth of the Italian socialist party, which is why Mussolini formed an alliance with him. -
Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader
Mussolini formed the fascist party in 1921. This party was formed as one party that would have totalitarian control over the nation and its economy. Fascists also greatly value nationalism and militarism as ways of getting civilians to do what the government wants. -
March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
On October 28 of 1922, Mussolini and other supporters of the fascist party created a march on Rome with the hope of the king giving up his power to Mussolini. The march was successful with Mussolini being made the prime minister the next day. -
Acerbo Law passed
In November of 1923, the Acerbo Law was passed by Baron Giacomo Acerbo in order to give the fascist party a majority of the deputies. With this, whoever got the most votes would also get the two thirds of the seats available in Parliament. -
Corfu Incident
Between August 31 and September 27 of 1923, the Corfu Incident was when Italian forces occupied the Greek island Corfu. They went there as Italians who were part of the international boundary delegation had gotten killed on Greek soil, leading to Mussolini sending the naval force their way. This was a failure as it showed how stronger forces can still bully weaker ones. -
Aventine Secession
Was the withdrawal of the major opposing polictal parties. -
Matteotti Crisis
On June 10 of 1924, Giacomo Matteotti had been bundled into a Lancia Lambda and was repeatedly stabbed with a carpenter's file as he struggled and failed to escape. E would later be found 23 miles outside of Rome near Riano on August 16 of 1924. -
Locarno Treaty signed
Treaty to stop volience amgounst the major European powers. -
Abyssinian Crisis
a dispute between Italian and Abyssinian forces in the Wal-Wal oasis in 1935, arguably damaged credibility of League of Nations -
Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War
Italy sent men and arms to support the fascist militia during the Spanish Civil War. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed
A cooperation deal between Germany and Italy signed on October 25, 1936, primarily made to deter U.S intervention. (long term cause of ww2) -
Munich Conference
Agreement between Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that annexed the Sudetenland to Germany, forcing Czechoslovakia to surrender its borders to Nazi Germany. -
Italy invades Albania
Mussolini had attention driven away so he decided to invade Albania and it was also of strategic importance. -
Mussolini brought down by coup during WW II
Voted out of power by his own council and is arrested after leaving a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele. -
Italy enters WW II on side of Germany
Mussolini gets taken from power and Italy declares war on Germany, joining the allies. -
Mussolini killed
Executed by Italian resistance movement in Giuliano di Mezzegra. -
Formation of an independent Italy
The formation of an Independent Italy was on June 2nd, 1946 when there was a vote in favor of a republican with 54% of being in favor of it.
