Historical Events tagged with "gaetano bresci"
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Politics & Government
Assassination of King Umberto I of Italy
July 29th, 1900 124 years ago
King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci in Monza while he was attending a public event. The assassination was motivated by the king's policies and his perceived failure to address social issues affecting the working class in Italy. Bresci, who had been living in the United States, returned to Italy to carry out the assassination as an act of anarchist rebellion against monarchy and authority.
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