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Luigi Faravelli
Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli (29 October 1852 - 22 March 1914) was an Italian admiral who fought in the Italo-Turkish War. Military service Not much is known about his history prior to his naval career but he first entered service as Rear Admiral in 1905, then promoted to Vice Admiral in 1911. His most notable accomplishment was participating in the Italo-Turkish War where he commanded the 2nd Naval Squadron, which on 2 October 1911 deployed in front of the port of Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, where he had the task of keeping the waters safe in view of the planned landing of the Italian expeditionary force and prevent the influx of reinforcements and supplies from the Ottoman Empire.Bruce Vandervort, p. 261 On 5 October 1911 Faravelli accepted the surrender of the city of Tripoli from the local notables and the German Empire, German consul Adrian Tilger and to issue on the 6th the famous proclamation to the Libyans with which among other things he declared: After the war, he was Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Emmanuel III Of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. He also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) and King of the Albanians (1939–1943). During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism and its regime. During the First World War, Victor Emmanuel III accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Paolo Boselli and named Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (the ''premier of victory'') in his place. Despite being on the winning side of the First World War, Italy did not get all the territories which had been promised to it in the 1915 Treaty of London; the Treaty of Versailles, ending the war, failed to give Italy its demands for Fiume and Dalmatia. This mutilated victory led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
