Felice Cavallotti (1842–1898), an Italian politician, poet and dramatic author, was born at Milan on the 6th of November 1842. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán) is the main city of northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy, being often mistaken with the capital of the country. ...

In 1860 and 1866 he fought with the Garibaldian Corps, but first attained notoriety by his anti-monarchical lampoons in the Gazzetta di Milano and in the Gazzettina Rosa between 1866 and 1872. Elected to the Italian Parliament as deputy for Corteolona in the latter year, he took the oath of allegiance after having publicly impugned its validity. Eloquent and turbulent, his combativeness in and out of Parliament secured for him the leadership of the extreme Left on the death of Bertani in 1886. During his twelve years' leadership his party increased in number from twenty to seventy, and at the time of his death his parliamentary influence was greater than ever before. Garibaldi in 1866 Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier of the Risorgimento. ... The Parliament of Italy (Italian: Parlamento Italiano) is the national parliament of Italy. ...

Although he was ambitious and addicted to defamatory methods of personal attack which sometimes hinted of political blackmail, Cavallotti's eloquent advocacy of democratic reform and apparent generosity of sentiment secured for him a popularity surpassed by that of no contemporary save Francesco Crispi. Services rendered in the cholera epidemic of 1885, his numerous lawsuits and thirty-three duels, his bitter campaign against Crispi, and his championship of French interests combined to enhance his notoriety and to increase his political influence. By skillful alliances with the Marquis di Rudinì he more than once obtained practical control of the Italian government and exacted notable concessions to Radical demands. Francesco Crispi (October 4, 1819 - August 12, 1901) was a 19th century Italian politician. ... Drawing of Death bringing the cholera, in Le Petit Journal. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He was killed on the 6th of March 1898 in a duel with Count Macola, editor of the conservative Gazzetta di Venezia, whom he had assailed with characteristic intemperance of language. By his death the House of Savoy lost a relentless foe, and the revolutionary elements in Italy a gifted, if not entirely trustworthy, leader. The House of Savoy is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ...

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