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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 history of early modern Italy roughly corresponds to the period from the Renaissance to the Congress of Vienna in 1814. The following period was characterized by political and social unrest which then led to the unification of Italy, which culminated in 1861 with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.
Founded as Foot-Ball Club Torino in 1906, Torino are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles, including five consecutive league titles during the 1940s. The Grande Torino , as the team was known, was widely recognised as one of the strongest footballing sides of the period, until the entire team was killed in the 1949 ...
Rome was founded. According to Roman legend, Romulus was the founder and first king of Rome, beginning the Roman Kingdom. 720 BC: The first Greek colony of Magna Graecia in mainland Italy, Kyme, is founded. [1] 715 BC: Numa Pompilius became the second King of Rome. 706 BC: Spartan immigrants found the colony of Taranto in Magna Graecia ...
Finally, De Gasperi supervised the transition to a Republic following the abdication of Vittorio Emanuele III on 9 May 1946, the one-month-long reign of his son Umberto II ("King of May") and the Constitutional Referendum that abolished the monarchy; De Gasperi briefly became acting Head of State as well as prime minister on 18 June 1946, but ...
The numbers may have even been higher; 14 million from 1876 to 1914, according to another study. Annual emigration averaged almost 220,000 in the period 1876 to 1900, and almost 650,000 from 1901 through 1915. Prior to 1900 the majority of Italian immigrants were from northern and central Italy.
The Teatro Regio (Royal Theatre) was inaugurated on 26 December 1740 with Francesco Feo's Arsace.It was a sumptuously built facility, seating 1,500 and with 139 boxes located on five tiers plus a gallery.