1886 in Italy
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Events from the year 1886 in Italy
Kingdom of Italy
[edit]- Monarch – Umberto I (1878–1900)
- Prime Minister – Agostino Depretis (1881–1887)
The total population of Italy in 1886 (within the current borders) was 30.776 million.[1] Life expectancy in 1886 was 35.1 years.[2]
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 11 February — The Berti Law, named after Domenico Berti, Minister of Education in the Depretis V government (or officially: Law no. 3657), set the minimum age for admission to work in quarries, mines, and factories, at nine years, the minimum age for night work at twelve years and indicated a maximum of eight hours' work for them. However, the provisions in the law were not actually enforced until the Carcano Law was issued in 1902, thanks to which – for the first time – action was taken to support the protection of underage workers.[3]
May
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- 18 May — Eruption on the southern flank of the Mount Etna volcano on Sicily, following a powerful summit explosion. The eruption builds a row of pyroclastic cones, the largest of which is named Monte Gemmellaro (in honour to the Gemmellaro family of volcanologists from Catania who studied Etna in the 19th century). A lava stream comes very close to Nicolosi. Eruptions continue to 7 June 1886.
- 23 May — First round of the 1886 Italian general election with a second round of voting on 30 May.[4] The "ministerial" Historical Left led by Prime Minister Depretis emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats.[5]
June
[edit]- 7 June — Palermo Centrale railway station, the main railway station of Palermo, capital of Sicily, is opened.
Births
[edit]- January 7 – Amedeo Maiuri, archaeologist (d. 1963)
- 10 February — Pia Maria Nalli, mathematician, also remembered for her struggles against discrimination against women in the Italian university hiring system (d. 1964)
- 2 March — Vittorio Pozzo, football player, manager and journalist, who led the Italy national team to victory in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup (d. 1968)
- 11 March — Luigi Salvatorelli, historian and publicist (d. 1974)
- 6 May — Giuseppe Pietri, composer, known primarily for his work in operetta (d. 1946)
- 8 May — Bice Valerian (born Edvige Maria Valcarenghi), film actress of the silent era (d. 1969)
- 4 June — Eugenio Bava, film cinematographer (d. 1966)
- July 3 — Giovanni Battista Caproni, aeronautical, civil, and electrical engineer, aircraft designer, and industrialist (d. 1957)
- 28 July — Domenico Marotta, chemist and scientist, serving as the director of the National Institute of Health (ISS) from 1935 to 1961 (d. 1974)
Deaths
[edit]- 16 January — Amilcare Ponchielli, opera composer (b. 1834)
- 25 January — Michelangelo Fumagalli, painter (b. 1812)
- 16 February — Cesare Uva, landscape painter (b. 1824)
- 10 April — Agostino Bertani, revolutionary and physician during Italian unification (b. 1812)
- 11 November — Luigi Bisi, architect and painter (b. 1814)
- 10 December — Marco Minghetti, economist and statesman (b. 1818)
References
[edit]- ^ "L'Italia in 150 anni. Sommario di statistiche storiche 1861–2010" (PDF). Istat. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Life expectancy". Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Fiorenza, Elia (2023). "A Virtuous Form of Work Organisation: The Regulation of Pazzano of 1845" (PDF). International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 27(S4),1-12.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook, p. 1047 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1082