Events from the year 1907 in Italy.

Kingdom of Italy

*Monarch –

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(1900–1946) *

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– Giovanni Giolitti (1906–1909) *

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– 33,952,000

Events

In 1907, the

Banco di Roma Banco di Roma was an Italian bank based in Rome, Lazio region. It was established on 9 March 1880. Along with Credito Italiano and Banca Commerciale Italiana they were considered as bank of national interests. In 1991 the bank was merged with Ba ...

founds a branch in Tripoli and builds significant interests in banking, shipping and agriculture. The bank has powerful connections; the president Ernesto Pacelli is the uncle of the future Pope Pius XII, and the vice-president is Romolo Tittoni, the brother of

Tommaso Tittoni Tommaso Tittoni (16 November 1855 – 7 February 1931) was an Italian diplomat, politician and Knight of the Annunziata. He was Italy's foreign minister from 1903 until 1909, except for a five-month period. He also was interim prime minister for ...

, Italy's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister several times between 1903 and 1909. The bank also financed the important newspaper '' Corriere d'Italia'' that would campaign for the

Italo-Turkish War The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War ( tr, Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", it, Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912. As a result o ...

in 1911.Clark, ''Modern Italy: 1871 to the present''
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Emigration out of Italy is expected to reach 1 million, mainly to the United States. Minimum wages in the US are five times higher than in Italy and remittances are an important source of income.How Italy Would Keep Its Citizens; Bill to Facilitate Resumption of Original Status by Returned Emigrants
The New York Times, May 26, 1907

January

* January 6 – Education reformer

Maria Montessori Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori ( , ; August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori e ...

opens her first ''Casa dei Bambini'', or Children's House, in Rome.

April

* April 28 – The vulcano on the island of Stromboli is erupting large quantities of ash, damaging vineyards in Calabria and

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.Stromboli Very Violent; Ashes and Cinders Damage Vineyard In Italy and Sicily
The New York Times, April 29, 1907

June

* June 22 – Bakers declare a general strike throughout the whole of Italy after the government postponed consideration of a bill prohibiting night work.Bakers To Strike In Italy; To Quit Work All Over the Country -- Want No Night Labor
The New York Times, June 23, 1907

July

* July 15 – Former Minister of Public Instruction, Nunzio Nasi, is imprisoned on charges of embezzling USD 300,000.Ex-Minister Nasi In Jail
The New York Times, July 16, 1907 * July 21 – Hundreds are wounded in Palermo (Sicily) in a clash between crowds and the police at a demonstration in favour of Nunzio Nasi, former Minister of Public Instruction, charged with embezzlement.Sicilian Rioters Shot; Hundreds Wounded In Palermo -Demonstration on Behalf of Nasi
The New York Times, July 22, 1907

August

* August 10 – Prince

Scipione Borghese Scipione Borghese (; 1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legacy is the establ ...

and Ettore Guizardi, the prince's driver, win the

Peking to Paris The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking (now Beijing), then Qing China (now the People's Republic of China) and Paris, France (then the Third French Republic), a distance of . The idea for ...

motor race with a 7-litre 35/45 hp

Itala Itala was a car manufacturer based in Turin, Italy, from 1904 to 1934, started by Matteo Ceirano and five partners in 1903. Ceirano family background The Ceirano brothers, Giovanni Battista Ceirano, Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Ceirano, Giovanni ...

, accompanied by journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.

October

* October 23 – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage. The town

Ferruzzano Ferruzzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region of Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about east of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 863 and an are ...

was the epicentre where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed.

November

* November 11 – Due to financial difficulties in the United States, the stock exchange in Rome, unable to reverse a downward trend, is closed.Rome Exchange Closes; Financial Difficulties in United States Keenly Felt in Italy
The New York Times, November 12, 1907 * November 17 – The area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and

Bianco Bianco is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. It is a seaside town and a popular tourist resort. The main attractions are the remainings of an old abbey and the ruins of a Roman house. See also *Calabri ...

in Calabria was hit again by an earthquake.Calabria Shaken Again
The New York Times, November 19, 1907 * November 21 − Ernest Nathan is appointed the first Jewish mayor of

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, after a victory of anti-clericals at the municipal elections.Jew To Be Mayor of Rome; Outcome of Anti-Clerical Victory In Recent Election
The New York Times, November 22, 1907

Sports

* April 14 –

Lucien Petit-Breton Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917) was a French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton, ), known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany ...

wins the first official edition of Milan–San Remo, organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport. * April 22 –

Felice Nazzaro Felice Nazzaro (4 December 1881 – 21 March 1940) was an Italian racecar driver, a native of Turin. He won the Kaiserpreis in 1907 as well as the French Grand Prix in 1907 and 1922 and Targa Florio in 1907, and 1913. His European wins in 1907 r ...

wins the 1907 Targa Florio endurance automobile race on Sicily. * April 27 –

A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...

wins the 1907 Italian Football Championship. * November 3 – Gustave Garrigou wins the

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...

Births

* March 2 – Lea Schiavi, Italian dissident journalist writing for left-wing journals in opposition to the Italian fascist government led by Benito Mussolini (d. 1942) * July 24 –

Vitaliano Brancati Vitaliano Brancati (; 24 July 1907 – 25 September 1954) was an Italian novelist, dramatist, poet and screenwriter. Biography Born in Pachino, Syracuse, Brancati studied in Catania, where he graduated in letters and where he spent the most pa ...

, Italian novelist and screenwriter (d. 1954) * August 31 –

Altiero Spinelli Altiero Spinelli (31 August 1907 – 23 May 1986) was an Italian politician, political theorist and European federalist, referred to as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. A communist and militant anti-fascist in his youth, he spe ...

, Italian

political theorist A political theorist is someone who engages in constructing or evaluating political theory, including political philosophy. Theorists may be Academia, academics or independent scholars. Here the most notable political theorists are categorized b ...

and a European federalist (d. 1986) * September 24 - Lina Bruna Rasa, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1984) * November 21 –

Giorgio Amendola Giorgio Amendola (21 November 1907 – 5 June 1980) was an Italian writer and politician. He is regarded and often cited as one of the main precursors of the Olive Tree. Born in Rome in 1907, Amendola was the son of Lithuanian intellectual Eva ...

, Italian writer and politician (d. 1980) * November 28 –

Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his de ...

, Italian novelist (d. 1990)

Deaths

* January 19 – Giuseppe Saracco, Italian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1821) * February 16 –

Giosuè Carducci Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (; 27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was very noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, h ...

, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1835) * June 14 –

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (28 July 1868 – 14 June 1907) was an Italian divisionist painter. He was born and died in Volpedo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Pellizza was a pupil of Pio Sanquirico. He used a divisionist techniq ...

, Italian neo-impressionist painter (b. 1868)

References

* Clark, Martin (2008).
Modern Italy: 1871 to the present
', Harlow: Pearson Education, {{DEFAULTSORT:1907 in Italy

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