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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

31st October 2019
Tagged as: Blackshirts, Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Revolution, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.

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10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

10th January 2019
Tagged as: First Triumvirate, Julius Caesar, March on Rome, Pompey, Roman Empire, Rome, Rubicon

Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with the 13th Legion during his march on Rome that led to the Roman Civil War.

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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

10th January 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River on his march to Rome

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on Spain

22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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