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1824 - Museo Egizio (Egyptian museum) founded. 1831 - Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (church) built. [3] 1832 - Pinacoteca opens in Palazzo Madama. [3] [13] 1837 - Royal Library of Turin and Royal Armoury established. [14] 1841 - Società del Whist founded. 1843 - National Historical Museum of Artillery founded. [15] 1848 Gazzetta del Popolo begins ...
Torino F.C. was founded by the union of one of the oldest football teams in Turin, Football Club Torinese (founded in 1894), with breakaways from Juventus and was the most successful team, called "Grande Torino", in the Serie A during the 1940s.
The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession.A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin, whose relief by Prince Eugene of Savoy has been called the most brilliant campaign of the war in Italy. [5]
4 weeks and 1 day Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: 3 December 1971: 16 December 1971: 1 week and 6 days Russo-Georgian War: 1 August 2008: 12 August 2008: 1 week and 4 days Six Day War: 5 June 1967: 10 June 1967: 6 days Football War: 14 July 1969: 18 July 1969: 4 days Wagner Group rebellion: 23 June 2023: 24 June 2023: 1 day 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
Sapeto landed at the Bay of Assab, a part of modern-day Eritrea in 1869. One year later, the land was purchased from the local Sultan by the Rubattino shipping company acting on the behalf of the Italian government. In 1882, Assab officially became an Italian territory, making it Italy's first colony.
The Italian war of 1536–1538 was a conflict between King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. The objective was to achieve control over territories in Northern Italy, in particular the Duchy of Milan. The war saw French troops invading Northern Italy, and Imperial-Spanish troops invading France.
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, [b] was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France.