1925 in Italy

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See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

The following lists events that occurred in 1925 in the Kingdom of Italy .

Incumbents

• King – Victor Emmanuel III
• Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini

Events

November

• 4 November – Italian socialist deputy and expert marksman Tito Zaniboni took a hotel room opposite the Palazzo Chigi with the intent of shooting Benito Mussolini with a telescopic rifle when he came out to the balcony to make a speech. Police had been tipped off by an intercepted phone call and stopped the would-be assassin. ^{[1] [2]}
• 7 November – Several Italian opposition leaders were arrested in connection with the assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini. ^[3]
• 12 November – The Italian government agreed to repay its war debt to the United States with a fixed interest rate of 0.4 percent. ^[4]

December

• 24 December – The Decree on the Powers of the Head of the Government is passed, giving Mussolini sole executive power over parliament and solidifying the one party, police state of Fascist Italy. Mussolini's title is formally changed from "president of the Council of Ministers" to "head of the government". From here on, he is known as Il Duce, the supreme leader. ^[5]

Births

• 1 January – Mario Merz, artist (d. 2003)
• 4 January – Enrico Perucconi, athlete (d. 2020)
• 5 January – Marcello Costalunga, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2010)

Companies founded

• The house of Fendi was launched in 1925 by Adele and Edoardo Fendi

References

1. Bell, J. Bowyer. Assassin: Theory and Practice of Political Violence (Third Ed.). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. p. 231. ISBN   1412805090.
2. Clark, Martin. Mussolini: Profiles in Power . New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-582-06595-6.
3. Rue, Larry (November 8, 1925). "Jail Enemies of Mussolini for Plotting Death". Chicago Daily Tribune . p. 5.
4. "Chronology 1925". indiana.edu. 2002. Archived from the original on 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
5. Pollard, John F. (1998). The Fascist Experience in Italy. Routledge. pp. 55-57. ISBN   9780415116312. OCLC   37513049.