1890 in Italy

Events from the year 1890 in Italy.

Kingdom of Italy[]

• Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
• Prime Minniester – Francesco Crispi (1887–1891)

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[]

• January 1 – 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[]

• May 17 – The opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni premiers at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
• May 31 – The Teatro Massimo Bellini opera house in Catania, Sicily, named after the local-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, is inaugurated with a performance of the composer's masterwork, Norma.

June[]

• June 27 – In the First Battle of Agordat Italy defeats Mahdist Sudan.

October[]

• October 15 – The Ab apostolici papal encyclical against Freemasonry in Italy is promulgated by Pope Leo XIII.

November[]

• November 15 – The French, café-chantant inspired is officially opened by the Marino brothers in Naples.^{[citation needed]}
• November 23 – First round of the Italian general election.
• November 30 – Second round of the Italian general election. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc of the Historical Left led by Francesco Crispi emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 401 of the 508 seats.

December[]

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

Births[]

• January 10 – Pina Menichelli, Italian silent film actress (d. 1984)
• January 19 – Ferruccio Parri, Italian partisan and Prime Minister (d. 1981)
• February 11 – Anton Giulio Bragaglia, pioneer in Futurist photography and Futurist cinema (d. 1960)
• February 16 – Francesco de Pinedo, Italian aviator (d. 1933)
• March 20 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957)
• July 20 – Giorgi Morandi, Italian modernist painter and printmaker (d.1964)
• September 10 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (d. 1973)

Deaths[]

• 8 January - Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (b. 1810)
• April 10 – Aurelio Saffi, politician, active during the period of Italian unification close to Giuseppe Mazzini (b. 1819)
• October 26 – Carlo Collodi, Italian writer (The Adventures of Pinocchio) (b. 1826)

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