Timeline for Mussolini and Fascist Italy

  • Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan

    Fascio di Combattimento formed in Milan

    The Italian Fighting Bands, was an Italian Facist organization created by Benito Mussolini in 1919.
  • Formation of an independent Italy

    Formation of an independent Italy

    When Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king of Italy in 1861.
  • Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy

    Papal States taken over by new nation of Italy

    Papal States were taken over and Rome also was annexed to the Italian nation on September 20th, 1870.
  • Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)

    Failure of First Italo-Ethiopian War with the Battle of Adowa (Adwa)

    Lost the battle on March 1st, 1896, and the Ethiopians stopped Italy from expanding into africa.
  • Italy invades and takes over Libya

    Italy invades and takes over Libya

    Invaded in 1911, thus starting the Italo-Turkish War
  • Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti

    Mussolini begins work as editor for the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti

    Rewarded with the editorship in 1913, and the Avanti soon grew in popularity.
  • 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

    In 1914, he was expelled from the party for his support of intervention in the war
  • Treaty of London

    Treaty of London

    An agreement signed April 26th, 1915, to bring Italy into the war
  • Beginning of Biennio Rosso

    Beginning of Biennio Rosso

    2 year period of intense social conflict in Italy from 1919-1920
  • D’Annunzio takes Fiume

    D’Annunzio takes Fiume

    Fiume was taken since it had a majority of the Italian population and wanted to unite all Italians under one kingdom
  • Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti

    Mussolini forms alliance with Giolitti

    The alliance was formed in 1921, when Giolitti was Mussolini’s prime minister.
  • Mussolini forms the PNF (Fascist Party) and is elected its leader

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

    Mussolini was elected the leader in 29 of October 1922
  • March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister

    March on Rome and Mussolini becomes Prime Minister

    On the 29 of October, there was a transfer of power without any conflict
  • Acerbo Law passed

    Acerbo Law passed

    The purpose of the law was to give Mussonlini’s depuities majority
  • Corfu Incident

    Corfu Incident

    Diplomatic and military issues between Italy and Greece
  • Matteotti Crisis

    Matteotti Crisis

    A politcal confrentation, between liberals and facist government
  • Aventine Secession

    Aventine Secession

    The secession was the withdrawal from the parliament opposition compromising of the Italian Socialist Party.
  • Locarno Treaty signed

    Locarno Treaty signed

    The Locarno treaties were several agreements signed in Switzerland, during October 5, 1925
  • Battle for Grain

    Battle for Grain

    The battle for the wheat, was a campaign launched during the facist regime of Italy.
  • Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira

    Battle for Land and Battle for the Lira

    Was a economic policy undertaken by the Facists in Italy during the 1920’s as an attempt to raise claims to increase Italy’s power.
  • Battle for Births

    Battle for Births

    The battle for births began in 1927, where Mussolini introduced ambitions to increase reproduction of the country
  • Lateran Treaty with Pope

    Lateran Treaty with Pope

    The Lateran Treaty with the pope was made in 1929, and was an agreement from Italy to the Pope
  • Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed

    Kellogg-Briand Treaty signed

    On August 27, 1928 15 nations signed a treaty for peace
  • Stresa Front

    Stresa Front

    It was made by Britain and France, to oppose the actions of Hitler
  • Abyssinian Crisis

    Abyssinian Crisis

    Italy invaded the country of Ethiopia (Abyssinia) on October 3, 1935. The League of Nations condemned this invasion, but did not do much to oppose it.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed

    Rome-Berlin Axis Treaty signed

    The Axis coalition was formed between Germany and Italy in 1936, being formalized by the Pact of Steel in 1939.
  • Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War

    Italian involvement with Spanish Civil War

    Italy sent 80,000 men in support of the fascists in Spain during the civil war.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference

    A conference leading to the permitting of Germany to annex the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia on September 30, 1938.
  • Italy invades Albania

    Italy invades Albania

    Italy invaded the country of Albania in April 1939, after refusing to join peacefully.
  • Italy enters WWII on side of Germany

    Italy enters WWII on side of Germany

    Italy joined the war in June 1940, after France began to fall.
  • Mussolini brought down by coup during WWII

    Mussolini brought down by coup during WWII

    Mussolini was deposed by the king in July 1943, leading to a civil war.
  • Mussolini killed

    Mussolini killed

    He was recognized trying to escape the country, being shot and killed on April 28, 1945.