Events from the year 1890 in Italy.
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Kingdom of Italy
edit- Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
- Prime Minniester – Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)
Events
editThe 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.