Benito Mussolini

Birth

Jul 29, 1883

Birth of Benito Mussolini to an Italian Socilist in Predappio, Italy

Benito Mussolini

Period: Jul 29, 1883 to Apr 28, 1945

Becoming a Teacher

Sep 30, 1901

Became a teacher in a primary school- actual date unknown

Emmigration

Sep 30, 1902

Made a speech to commemorate Garibaldi(not the biscuit) and was later deported to Switzerland. Was a stonemason and studied philosophers ideas

Arrested

Sep 30, 1903

In 1903, he was arrested by the Bernese police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, spent two weeks in jail, was deported to Italy, set free there, and returned to Switzerland.- Date unknown!

Military Service

Jan 1, 1905

Served for the Italian military for one year and in 1906 returned to teaching

Trento

Jan 1, 1909

Became socialist secretary in Trento (Austria- Hungary) Date Unknown

Eviction

Sep 30, 1914

Evicted from Italian Socialist party for waning World War 1

Injured

Sep 30, 1917

Injured in a trench bomb and when discharged from hospital and resumed his editor-in-chief position at his new paper, Il Popolo d'Italia

Facism Starts

Sep 30, 1919

Mussolini starts the facist party

March On Rome

Oct 27, 1922

The march on Rome happened and Mussolini was declared as prime minister even though he went by train

Il Duce

Oct 29, 1922

Gives himself title of Il Duce meaning Leader

Acerbo

Jun 30, 1923

Mussolini made the Acerbo Law- It granted a two-thirds majority of the seats in Parliament to the party or group of parties which had obtained at least 25% of the votes

Balila

Apr 3, 1935

Youth Movement made

Addis Ababa

May 30, 1936

Conquested modern day ethiopia and made it East Italian Africa. Emporer Haile Selassie fled country.
The picture shows Il Duce standing on a Tank in Ethiopia

Stopping WW2

Sep 30, 1939

Benito looked on as Hitler said he wouldn't start a second World War. Chamberlin(Great Britain PM) famously said "I have made peace in our time", I don't think so

War!!

Jun 10, 1940

Italy declres war on Britain and France as they thought war was nearly over.

Rome-Berlin Axis

Jun 30, 1940

This ensured that Italy and Germany would stay friends and they also helped Fidel astro of Spain in Spanish civil war.
(Picture: Adolf and Benito "hanging out")

Escape

Sep 12, 1943

Helped to escape from prison by Nazi's.

Death

Apr 28, 1945

After alot of Bad things happening to Italy, the Italian republic captured Mussolini, shot him and hung him upside down for passerbys to look and spit at him. This led Hitler to kill himself and WW2 to end.