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Umberto I of Italy
Umberto I was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw the creation of the Italian colonial empire and the formation of the Triple Alliance among Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary.
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politics · King of Italy from 1878 to 1900 · monarch · sovereign · also Umberto I of Italy, Umberto I, Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia, Humbert I, Italy
Born 14 March 1844 · Died 29 July 1900 · Q153688
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“Umberto Eco: How I Wrote my Books”
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1900· 2 entries
Died 1900-07-29.
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Two years after the Bava Beccaris massacre, Umberto was killed in Monza by Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci
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1899· 1 entry
Foreign Minister Felice Napoleone Canevaro dispatched a Regia Marina squadron to China with an ultimatum demanding that the Chinese government hand over a coastal city to be ruled as an Italian concession in the same man
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1897· 1 entry
The prime minister, Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì tried to sell Eritrea to Belgium on the grounds that Eritrea was too expensive to hold onto, but was overruled by the king who insisted that Eritrea must stay Ital
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1896· 1 entry
To Bava Beccaris, a general who bloodily suppressed demonstrations over rising food prices in Milan
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1878· 1 entry
Career landmark: monarch of Italy (1878–1900).
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1876· 1 entry
When the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Salisbury, visited Rome, he reported to London that King Victor Emmanuel II and Crown Prince Umberto were "at war with each other"
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1863· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Elephant (1863).
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1844· 1 entry
Born 1844-03-14.
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