1903 in Italy
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The following events occurred in the year 1903 in Italy.
Kingdom of Italy
- Monarch – Victor Emmanuel III(1900–1946)
- Prime Minister –
- Giuseppe Zanardelli (1901–1903)
- Giovanni Giolitti (1903–1905)
- Population – 33,004,000
Events
The year is marked by the return of Giovanni Giolitti as Prime Minister. He will dominate Italian politics until World War I, a period known as the Giolittian Era in which Italy experienced an industrial expansion, the rise of organised labour and the emergence of an active Catholic political movement.[1]
February
- February 13 – Venezuelan crisis. After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, Britain, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela, resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in December 1902will be lifted, and Venezuela commit 30% of its customs duties to settling claims.
June
- June 13 – Prime Minister Italian Chamber of Deputies. However, after several attempts the Cabinet is reconstructed. The Interior Minister Giovanni Giolitti is replaced.[2]
July
- July 31 – Start of the Catholic faith (see for example his Oath Against Modernism).
October
- October 21 – Due to ill health Prime Minister Giuseppe Zanardelli resigns.[3]
November
- November 3 – Giovanni Giolitti forms a new Cabinet.[4]
Births
- January 9 – Gioacchino Colombo, Italian automobile engine designer for Alfa Romeo and Ferrari (d. 1988)
- February 16 – Beniamino Segre, Italian mathematician (d. 1977)
- February 26 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)[5]
- March 18 – Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy1936–1943 (d. 1944)
- July 16 – Adalberto Libera, Italian Modernist architect (d. 1963)
- September 13, Leopoldo Rubinacci, Italian politician, lawyer and trade unionist (d. 1969)
Deaths
- July 20 – Pope Leo XIII, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1810)
- December 26 – Giuseppe Zanardelli, Italian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1826)[6]
References
- ^ Sarti, Italy: a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present, pp. 46–48
- ^ Work On Italian Cabinet; Premier Zanardelli Tries in Vain to Get Strengthening Material, The New York Times, June 21, 1903
- ^ Italian Cabinet Resigns; Its Action Not the Result of the Political Situation but of the Premier's Failing Health, The New York Times, October 22, 1903
- ^ New Italian Cabinet; Signor Luzzatti, the Minister of the Treasury, a Friend of the United States, The New York Times, November 4, 1903
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "SIGNOR ZANARDELLI DEAD. Ex-Premier of Italy Was Seventy-four Years Old — A Leader in Italy's Struggle Against Austria" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 December 1903. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- Sarti, Roland (2004). Italy: a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present, New York: Facts on File Inc., ISBN 0-81607-474-7