1887 in Italy

none 1887 Events from the year 1887 in Italy Kingdom of Italy Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900) Prime Minister – Agostino Depretis (1881–1887) Francesco Crispi (1887–1891) The total population of Italy in 1887 (within the current borders) was 30.937 million.L'Italia in 150 anni. Sommario di statistiche storiche 1861–2010 https://www.istat.it/it/files//2019/03/cap_2.pdf Istat 17 May 2021 Life expectancy in 1887 was 36.0 years.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy?year=1810 Life expectancy Our World in Data 28 August 2018 Events The year is marked by the start of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889, an undeclared war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ethiopian Empire occurring during the Italian colonization of Eritrea.In 1887, the real estate boom began to deflate and a number of banks that had provided generous loans to the construction industry ran into serious problems. Some banks went bankrupt after a clumsily planned and failed bailout attempt by the Banca Nazionale,Alfredo Gigliobianco and Claire Giordano, Economic Theory and Banking Regulation: The Italian Case (1861–1930s), Quaderni di Storia Economica (Economic History Working Papers), Nr. 5, November 2010 when in 1889 the bubble bursted. Three banks in Turin, seriously involved in building speculation in Rome, had to suspend payments.Seton-Watson, Italy from liberalism to fascism, pp. 154–56 January thumb|200px|The battle of Dogali by Michele Cammarano 25 January – Italian troops move into the hinterland of Massawa, territory claimed by Ethiopia, brought her forces into conflict with those of Ethiopia, specifically those of Ras Alula, governor of Mareb Mellash. On 24Sarkees Wayman 2010 261–262 or 25 January 1887, Alula attacked the Italian fort at Saati. In the ensuing skirmish, his troops were beaten back.Henze 2000 157–159 26 January – An Ethiopian force of about 15,000 men ambushed an Italian battalion sent to reinforce Saati and almost annihilated it at the Battle of Dogali, 10 mi km west of Massawa. Sarkees Wayman 2010 261–262 The Italian response was immediate. The Italian parliament voted 5,000,000 lire for troops to reinforce Massawa.Gabre-Selassie 2005 96 An Italian force was sent to garrison the interior, while Emperor Yohannes IV withdrew his forces to avoid confrontation. Disease ravaged the Italian troops and they were pulled out in March 1887, ending the first phase of the war.Sarkees Wayman 2010 261–262 The battle marks the start of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889. February 12 February – The Mediterranean Agreement signed by Great Britain with Italy (through the mediation of Germany). The agreement would become part of a series of treaties signed in 1887. Agreements with Austria-Hungary on 24 March and with Spain on 4 May followed. The treaties recognised and promoted the status quo in the Mediterranean Sea.https://www.jstor.org/stable/4202031 W. N. Medlicott The Mediterranean Agreements of 1887 The Slavonic Review 5 13 66–88 1926 4202031 23 February – The 1887 Liguria earthquake strikes off the coast of Imperia, with an estimated moment magnitude of 6.8–6.9, killing about 600–3,000 people. It also generated a tsunami that had a run-up height of 2 meters.Reappraisal of the 1887 Ligurian earthquake (western Mediterranean) from macroseismicity, active tectonics and tsunami modelling 2012 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05498.x Larroque Christophe Scotti Oona Ioualalen Mansour Geophysical Journal International 190 1 87–104 2012GeoJI.190...87L free2013-10-05 Earthquake strikes Mediterranean — History.com This Day in History — 2/23/1887 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-strikes-mediterranean 2021-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20131005052639/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-strikes-mediterranean 2013-10-05 April thumb|right|200px|A cartoon about Agostino Depretis, accusing him of being a chameleonic politician thumb|right|200px|Francesco Crispi with German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in 1887 4 April – Prime Minister Depretis, weakened by the failure of Dogali, has to carry out a major cabinet reshuffle. After accepting the resignations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of War, he has to call Francesco Crispi, leader of the anti-government Dissident Left, into the government. June 2 June – The Italian parliament voted a further 200,000,000 lire for troops, ammunition and supplies to be sent to Massawa.Gabre-Selassie 2005 96 During the summer, an expeditionary force of 20,000 men was assembled in Italy. It landed in Massawa during November.Henze 2000 157–159 July 14 July – A strict protectionist tariff is established in Italy in an attempt to support fledgling industry, applicable from 1 January 1888. It marked the start of a tariff war with France that led to the economic crisis of 1888-1894.Mack Smith 1997 92 29 July – Prime Minister Agostino Depretis dies at 74 years old. Depretis's death marks the end of a parliamentary strategy, known as trasformismo, that saw the Left attempt to forge closer ties with the Historical Right through coalition cabinets. He is succeeded by the Minister of the Interior, Francesco Crispi, forming his first government. Crispi increasingly focused government efforts on foreign policy. He worked to build Italy as a great world power through increased military expenditures and advocacy of expansionism.Mack Smith 1997 132–133 October 2 October – Prime Minister Crispi visits Germany and meets German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, for consultation upon the working of the Triple Alliance.Signor Crispi's Mission. His visit to Bismarck ended—Italy's ambition, The New York Times, 4 October 1887 Births 28 January – Francesco Merli, opera singer (d. 1976) 25 May – Padre Pio (born Francesco Forgione), Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic (d. 1968) 12 August – Italo Gismondi, archaeologist, known for it Il Plastico, a massive scale model of imperial Rome under Constantine the Great (d. 1974) 10 September – Giovanni Gronchi, politician from Christian Democracy who served as the president of Italy from 1955 to 1962 (d. 1978) 23 September – Alfieri Maserati, automotive engineer, known for establishing and leading the Maserati racing car manufacturer with the other Maserati Brothers (d. 1932) 13 December – Luigi Pio Tessitori, Indologist and linguist (d. 1919) Deaths 29 July – Prime Minister Agostino Depretis (b. 1813) 13 September – Felice Matteucci, hydraulic engineer who co-invented an internal combustion engine with Eugenio Barsanti (b. 1808) References Sources Zewde Gabre-Selassie Continuity and Discontinuity in Menelik's Foreign Policy The Battle of Adwa: Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory Against European Colonialism Paulos Milkias Getachew Metaferia Algora New York 2005 Paul B. Henze Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia New York Palgrave 2000 Paul B. Henze Denis Mack Smith Modern Italy: A Political History Ann Arbor The University of Michigan Press https://archive.org/details/modernitalypolit0000mack/ 1997 0-472-10895-6 Meredith Reid Sarkees Frank Whelon Wayman Resort to War: A Data Guide to Inter-State, Extra-state, Intra-State, and Non-State Wars, 1816–2007 Washington, D.C. CQ Press 2010 Seton-Watson Christopher Italy from liberalism to fascism, 1870–1925 1967 London Methuen & Co Ltd https://archive.org/details/italyfromliberal0000seto 0-416-18940-7 1887 Category:1880s in Italy Category:Years of the 19th century in Italy Italy Italy