23 May 1915: The declaration of war delivered to Austria
- The requisition of merchant ships begins. - The Minister of the Navy is authorized to proceed until 31 December with the recruitment of the Corps' complement officers ...
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22 May 1939: The Rome-Berlin axis, The Pact of Steel
Mussolini thus hoped to prolong peace in Europe at least until 1942-43, knowing that the country was neither economically nor militarily prepared to face a ...
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22 May 1887: The new turntable in Taranto has been inaugurated
The long 67 m bridge, made by the Italian metal construction company A. Cottrau under the direction of Colonel of Military Engineers Giovanni Cugini, will be the symbol ...
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20 May 1915: The Great War is near
- The call to permanent weapons of the 1888 class sub-dialers and sub-heads and municipalities of the traffic lights category of the 1883 - 1888 classes is ordered. -...
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19 May 1863: The 1 warning for the Explorer class comes into service
Set with the name Venezia and renamed with the new name to the delivery, the head of two units built in London Wigram shipyard and launched in February 1862, had a ...
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17 May 1871: Minister Acton to protect the survivors
As a possible model, the minister refers to the British Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a non-governmental non-profit organization operating along the coasts of the island ...
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16 May 1878: Law for the naval academy in Livorno
It is the first step for the effective unification of the two divisions of the Navy School (the Royal Academy of Marina di Napoli and the Royal Military School of Marina di Genova) ...
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15 May 1911: The corpse of General La Marmora soon in Italy
The unit that will stop in Constantinople and Galati, going up the Danube, will reach the 23 in Sevastopol on May. 11 June will be repatriated in Genoa by the remains of Lieutenant General ...
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15 May 1873: Regulated nursing uniform
Source: Military Navy
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14 May 1882: RM to protect compatriots
Meanwhile, the riots in Alexandria that will spread across the country will require ...
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12 May 1909: The German royal yacht hits the Nembo
During the approach and the maneuvers to provide the escort the Nembo due to navigation error of the German ship enters ...
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11 May 1908: First radiotelephony experiments
RTF communications are established and maintained between the Eridano and the Partenope while sailing towards Genoa until ...
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11 May 1905: Italian naval reinforcements in Crete against the Turks
The two units are intended to reinforce the Italian naval presence in the Levant, maintained by the cruiser ...
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10 May 1913: RT regulate the time with the Eiffel tower
Even the units of the Regia Marina will adapt to this provision and by the route officer every morning at ...
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10 May 1894: established the Company Blast Furnaces, Foundries and Steelworks of Terni
The initiative of the Navy had the purpose of allowing the autonomous supply of the materials needed for ...
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10 May 1885: Giovanni Bausan torpedo boat enters service
The new cruiser, designed by John Rendel and launched in the 1883, compared to similar British units had a ...
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9 May 1915: Seaplanes for aerial explorations
Also, a special voluntary enlistment of six months per aviator for the military in ... is granted to all December 31
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8 May 1913: Reinforcements for the Balkan War
During this period a general resumption of hostilities throughout the Balkan peninsula was in full swing (...
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6 May 1891: Accident of the Morosini battleship
With the introduction in the dock the activities of the unit will stop for two months for the necessary repair work. There...
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5 May 1877: First attempt of torpedo ship
Considered as the first attempt that will lead to the solution of the torpedo unit, it had a scarce, short and irrelevant one ...
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