Events from the year 1889 in Italy

Kingdom of Italy

*Monarch –

Umberto I Umberto I ( it, Umberto Rainerio Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900. Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colo ...

(1878–1900) *

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– Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)

Events

* 2 May – Signing of the

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Births

*8 February – Amedeo Marchi, gymnast. *8 March –

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, footballer (died 1966). *8 November – Aldo Cevenini, footballer (died 1973). * 29 November – Eduardo Weber, engineer and businessman, creator of the

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(died

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

Deaths

* 18 October – Massimiliano Quilici, composer (born 1799).

References

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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...