mussolini timeline

  • Formation of an independent Italy

    Formation of an independent Italy

    The modern Italian state began to form in 1861 when the Kingdom of Italy was established
  • Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy

    Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy

    the Kingdom of Italy annexed the Papal States and Rome after Italian troops captured Rome
  • Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa

    Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa

    Italians hoped to surprise the sleeping Ethiopians by attacking them in the morning but instead faced a fully awake and prepared force. In the ensuing battle, the Italians lost about 7,000 troops and lost the battle.
  • Italy invades and takes over Libya

    Italy invades and takes over Libya

    Italian government troops invaded Libya on October 4, 1911, and captured Tripoli from Turkish troops on October 5, 1911. Italy formally annexed Tripoli on November 5, 1911.
  • Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti

    Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti

    Benito Mussolini became the editor of Avanti!
    (Forward!), the official daily newspaper of Italy's Socialist Party, on December 1, 1912. He held the position until October 1914.
  • Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WW I

    Mussolini kicked out of Socialist Party for pro-nationalistic sentiments regarding WW I

    went against the party's neutrality position. In response, Mussolini formed his own political movement, the Fasces
    of Revolutionary Action, to encourage Italy's entry into the war. Italy eventually joined the war in 1915.
  • Beginning of Biennio Rosso

    Beginning of Biennio Rosso

    two-year period, between 1919 and 1920, of intense social conflict in Italy, following the First World War.
  • Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan

    Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan

    precursor to Mussolini's Fascist Party, which he established in 1921.
  • D’Annunzio takes Fiume

    D’Annunzio takes Fiume

    D'Annunzio led a force of about 2,600 men to occupy Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) and declare himself its leader.
  • Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti

    Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti

    Mussolini won a seat in parliament and was even invited to join the coalition government by Italy's Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti—who assumed that Mussolini would bring his Blackshirts to heel once he was given a share of the political power.
  • .Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader

    .Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader

    PNF was the political expression of Italian fascism and a reorganization of the Italian Fasces of Combat. The PNF ruled Italy from 1922 until 1943, when Mussolini was deposed by the Grand Council of Fascism.
  • March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister

    March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister

    Mussolini was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III, becoming the youngest individual to hold the office up to that time.
  • Corfu Incident

    Corfu Incident

    a diplomatic and military crisis between Italy and Greece in 1923.
  • Acerbo Law passed

    Acerbo Law passed

    Italian electoral law proposed by Baron Giacomo Acerbo and passed by the Italian Parliament in November 1923. The purpose of it was to give Mussolini's fascist party a majority of deputies.
  • Aventine Secession

    Aventine Secession

    Shows withdrawal of money from the ATM just like the Socialist party withdrew for the Italian government.
  • Matteotti Crisis

    Matteotti Crisis

    kidnapping and murder of Giacomo Matteotti
  • Battle for Grain

    Battle for Grain

    shows three Italian citizens in the limited amount of crop during this time
  • Locarno Treaty signed

    Locarno Treaty signed

    the peace symbol represents the peace that comes form treaties.
  • Treaty of London

    Treaty of London

    secret treaty between neutral Italy and the Allied forces of France, Britain, and Russia to bring Italy into World War I.
  • Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira

    Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira

    Italian lira to represent the economic policy.
  • Battle for Births

    Battle for Births

    The image of a nursing home represents the policy attempting to control the population number.
  • Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed

    Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed

    Paris represents the location of this failed treaty.
  • Lateran Treaty with Pope

    Lateran Treaty with Pope

    The crosss represents the treaty with the cathics in italy.
  • Abyssinian Crisis

    Abyssinian Crisis

    This flag of Ethiopia represents Italy's attack on Ethiopia.
  • Stresa Front

    Stresa Front

    The image represents the three countries that were in opposition to Hilter.
  • Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War

    Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War

    The flag of the Italian CTV that invaded Spain in this war.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    This is an image of Munich wich represents the treaty where Germany gain Czech land.
  • Italy invades Albania

    Italy invades Albania

    Flag of modern Albania where Italy invaded.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed

    Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed

    The image represents the treaty because it is an image of both Hitler and Mussolini.
  • Italy enters WW II on the side of Germany

    Italy enters WW II on the side of Germany

    both flags represent their audience into WW2.
  • Mussolini brought down by coup during WW II

    Mussolini brought down by coup during WW II

    This image is a representation of how Mussolini was fired from power in Italy.
  • Mussolini killed

    Mussolini killed

    This image represents how Mussolini was hanged.