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Encyclopedia > Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris

Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris (March 1831 - April 8, 1924) was an Italian general, especially remembered for his harsh repression of riots in Milan in 1898, known as the Bava-Beccaris massacre. Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Bava Beccaris massacre, named after the Italian General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, refers to the repression of widespread riots in Milan in May 1898. ...


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Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris was born in Fossano, and took part to Crimean War and the Italian Wars of Independence. Fossano is a town and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo, 15 mi. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1854–1856) was fought... The evolution of the process that would finally have brought to the Italian Unification (Risorgimento), the Italian Independence wars were three wars fought against Austria between 1848 and 1866 and ended with the conquest of the whole Italian territory. ...


In May 1898, when serious riots broke out in Milan, the Italian government under Antonio di Rudinì declared the state of siege and general Bava-Beccaris, in its charge of extraordinary commissar in the city, ordered his soldiers to fire with cannons and muskets against the unarmed crowd, including also women and old people, who had erected several barricades during a strike. In recognition for this deed, he received the Great Cross of the Order of Savoy from King Humbert I and, on June, 1868, he was elected to the Italian Senate. Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (April 16, 1839 – August 7, 1908) was Prime Minister of Italy between 1891 and 1892 and from 1896 until 1898. ... A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ... Umberto I or Humbert I of Italy (Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio of Savoy, 14 March 1844 - 29 July 1900), surnamed the Good, was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Palazzo Madama house of the Senate of the Republic. ...


Bava-Beccaris retired on 1902. He died in Rome in 1924.


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