1890 in Italy

List of events

  • 1889
  • 1888
  • 1887
1890
in
Italy

  • 1891
  • 1892
  • 1893
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:

Events from the year 1890 in Italy.

Kingdom of Italy

Events

The 1889 Italian Penal Code, commonly known as Zanardelli Code enters into force. It was named after Giuseppe Zanardelli, then Minister of Justice, who promoted the approval of the code.[1] It unified penal legislation in Italy, abolished capital punishment and recognised the right to strike.[2]

January

  • 1 January – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Italian Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa.

March

  • [unknown day] – Verdi completes his first Act of the opera Falstaff.

May

June

October

November

December

  • 9 December The Finance Minister, Giovanni Giolitti, and the Minister of Public Works, Gaspare Finali, resign over a contrast on the Ministry of Public Works expenses.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Lacche, Luigi. "A Criminal Code for the Unification of Italy: the Zanardelli Code (1889) – The genesis, The debate, The legal project". Sequência. 2014, n.68. pp. 37–57.
  2. ^ Seton-Watson, Christopher (1967). Italy from liberalism to fascism, 1870–1925. Taylor & Francis., ISBN 0-416-18940-7.
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