1905 in Italy
overview of Italy-related events during the year of 1905
Events from the year 1905 in Italy.
Kingdom of Italy
Monarch – Victor Emmanuel III (1900–1946)
Prime minister –
Giovanni Giolitti (1903–1905)
Tommaso Tittoni (1905)
Alessandro Fortis (1905–1906)
Population – 33,489,000
Events
The year was marked by a crucial decision regarding the future of the railways – a choice between private ownership and state control – and the legal position of the railway workers. In February, the government introduced a bill proposing the full nationalisation of the railway system. The terms on which Prime Minister Alessandro Fortis agreed to take over the railways were so generous to the former private companies that the Historical Far Left denounced him for yielding to the interests of big business.
February
February – Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti brings a bill to the Chamber of Deputies for the nationalization of the railways that makes it a crime to stop or disturb railway service. The railway unions order a slowdown.
March
March 5 – Pleading illness Giolitti resigns over the issue of national railways.
March 12 – An interim government under Tommaso Tittoni takes over.
March 28 – On the recommendation of Giolitti, Alessandro Fortis forms a new government, he is the first Jewish prime minister of Italy. The government undertakes the nationalization of the railways, after confronting a railroad strike in April that could have paralyzed transportation in the country.
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