Events from the year 1891 in Italy.

1891
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Italy

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Events

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Januarʏ

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Filippo Turati

Februarʏ

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  • February 6 – Crispi is succeeded by Antonio di Rudinì forming a coalition cabinet with a part of the Left under Giovanni Nicotera. His Minister of Finance Luigi Luzzatti imprudently abolished the system of frequent clearings of banknotes between banks, a measure which facilitated the duplication of part of the paper currency and hastened the bank crisis of 1893 and the resulting Banca Romana scandal.

March

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  • March 24 – Two secret Anglo-Italian protocols in 1891, left most of Ethiopia in Italy's sphere of influence.[1]

April

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  • April 20 – Critica Sociale publishes the programme of Milan's Socialist League, which aims to establish a socialist party.
 
Pope Leo XIII

October

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  • October 27 – The Nicotera Regulation, by interior minister Giovanni Nicotera, made prostitution in Italy fully legal in private houses, with strict regulations. A system of sifilicomi (hospitals for sex workers) was also set up, under the belief that they were the main sources of spreading venereal diseases. Although prostitutes found this regulated system oppressive, they developed ways to resist it.[2]

Births

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Deaths

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  • January 1 – Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and palaeontologist (born 1824)
  • January 30 – Carlo Cristofori, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (born 1813)
  • February 1 – Corradino D'Ascanio, Italian aeronautical engineer (died 1981)
  • February 8 – Antonio Brilla, Italian sculptor and ceramic artist (born 1813)
  • February 18 – Ferdinando Acton, Italian naval officer, admiral, politician and Minister for the Navy (born 1832)
  • February 22 – Agostino Magliani, Italian financier and Minister of Finance (born 1824)
  • February 28 – Giovanni Morelli, Italian art critic and political figure (born 1816)
  • March 25 – Stefano Jacini, Italian statesman and economist (born 1826)
  • May 17 – Ignazio Florio Sr. Italian entrepreneur and politician, member of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Italian families during the late 19th century (born 1838)
  • May 29 – Giulio Litta, Italian composer (born 1822)
  • June 8 – Carlo Maria Curci, Italian theologian (born 1810)
  • June 8 – Giovanni Caselli, Italian physicist and inventor of the pantelegraph (born 1815)
  • July 3 – Stefano Golinelli, Italian piano virtuoso and composer (born 1818)
  • July 21 – Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor (born 1840)
  • August 15 – Pietro Rosa, Italian architect and topographer (born 1810)
  • November 11 – Raffaele Ferlotti, Italian opera baritone (born 1819)
  • November 28 – Ferdinando Palasciano, Italian physician and politician (born 1815)
  • December 17 – Amos Cassioli, Italian painter (born 1832)

References

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  1. ^ Britain Gave Italy Rights Under Secret Pact in 1891 To Rule Most of Ethiopia, The New York Times, July 22, 1935
  2. ^ Gibson, Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915, p. 69

Sources

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  • Gibson, Mary (1986). Prostitution and the State in Italy, 1860-1915. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-1172-0.