1890 in Italy
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Events from the year 1890 in Italy.
Kingdom of Italy[edit]
- Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
- Prime Minniester – Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)
Events[edit]
The 1889 Italian Penal Code, commonly known as Zanardelli Code enters into force. It was named after Giuseppe Zanardelli, then Minister of Justice, who promoted the approval of the code.[1] It unified penal legislation in Italy, abolished capital punishment and recognised the right to strike.[2]
January[edit]
- 1 January – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Italian Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.
March[edit]
- [unknown day] – Verdi completes his first Act of the opera Falstaff.
May[edit]
- 17 May – The opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni premiers at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
- 31 May – The Teatro Massimo Bellini opera house in Catania, Sicily, named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, is inaugurated with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma.
June[edit]
- 27 June – In the First Battle of Agordat Italy defeats Mahdist Sudan.
October[edit]
- 15 October – The Ab apostolici papal encyclical against Freemasonry in Italy is promulgated by Pope Leo XIII.
November[edit]
- 15 November – The French, café-chantant inspired Salone Margherita is officially opened by the Marino brothers in Naples.[citation needed]
- 23 November – First round of the Italian general election.
- 30 November – Second round of the Italian general election. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc of the Historical Left led by Francesco Crispi emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 401 of the 508 seats.
December[edit]
- 9 December The Finance Minister, Giovanni Giolitti, and the Minister of Public Works, Gaspare Finali, resign over a contrast on the Ministry of Public Works expenses.
Births[edit]
- 10 January – Pina Menichelli, Italian silent film actress (d. 1984)
- 19 January – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and Prime Minister (d. 1981)
- 11 February – Anton Giulio Bragaglia, pioneer in Futurist photography and Futurist cinema (d. 1960)
- 16 February – Francesco de Pinedo, Italian aviator (d. 1933)
- 20 March – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
- 11 April – Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
- 23 June – Salvatore Papaccio, Italian tenor (d. 1977)
- 20 July – Giorgi Morandi, Italian modernist painter and printmaker (d.1964)
- 10 September – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (d. 1973)
Deaths[edit]
- 8 January - Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (b. 1810)
- 10 April – Aurelio Saffi, politician, active during the period of Italian unification close to Giuseppe Mazzini (b. 1819)
- 26 October – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (The Adventures of Pinocchio) (b. 1826)
References[edit]
- ^ Lacche, Luigi. "A Criminal Code for the Unification of Italy: the Zanardelli Code (1889) – The genesis, The debate, The legal project". Sequência. 2014, n.68. pp. 37–57.
- ^ Seton-Watson, Christopher (1967). Italy from liberalism to fascism, 1870–1925. Taylor & Francis., ISBN 0-416-18940-7.