Sunday - In disarmament in Naples from 7 December 1879, the wheeled corvette Governolo is radiated from the framework of the Regio Naviglio, the last act to close a glorious "career" lasting over thirty years.
The unit was built in London on behalf of the Sardinian navy and launched the 19 1849 October, with wooden hull, a displacement of 1700t and a driving machine of the nominal force of 450 horses.
Sunday - In Custoza (Verona) the archduke Albert commander of the Austrian army defeats in battle the avant-garde of General La Marmora who had wedged between Mantua and Peschiera forcing her to fall back.
Saturday - At the shipyard R. Schichau in Elbing the delivery to the R.Marina of the destroyer takes place lightning, first of a class of six units.
Tuesday - The expedition led by the captain of the ship Luigi di Savoia in the climb of the summit of the K2 reaches the quota of 7498 m: he can not go up any further due to insurmountable technical difficulties.
Sunday - The National Patron Opera for asylum ships is erected to Ente Morale Caracciolo e Scilla - based in Rome at the Ministry of the Navy.
Thursday - The Kiel Canal is inaugurated with a solemn ceremony attended by naval formations of many nations with almost one hundred warships and followed by a naval magazine passed by the Kaiser William II on the royal yacht Hohenzollern.
Wednesday - Italy enters the war against Austria Hungary alongside Germany.
The notable popularity of Baracca, due to numerous victories, contributed to the affirmation of the nascent Italian aviation.
He never raged against the defeated enemy, and he disapproved of the tendency to make weapons more and more devastating and ruthless, thus demonstrating that the value of victory is not necessarily connected to the adversary's humiliation.
The Second Battle on the Grappa ends with the Italian victory over Isolone and Solarolo. Svetozar Borojević von Bojna, commander of the Isonzo front and leader of one of the two Austro-Hungarian army groups, considered the attack to be suicidal: this attitude of indecision negatively influenced his choices and indirectly contributed to the Austro-Hungarian defeat.
Sunday - To ensure the connection between the sea (Ta-ku) and Tien tsin threatened by 2000 Chinese regular soldiers, Russian Admiral Hiltbrandt, embarked on the armored cruiser Rossiaafter the departure of Seymour remained the oldest officer in the international fleet (composed of 43 ships -7 British, Russian 16, French 6, German 6, Japanese 3, US 2, Italian 2 and an Austro-Hungarian), he had decided on the 16 to attack and take the four Ta-ku forts at the mouth of the Pei-ho by an amphibious operation.
Thursday - The propeller schooner enters service in Naples Miseno, head of the two units, built at the construction site of Castellammare di Stabia. Because of their size and the strength of the metal construction (the first units of the type built in steel) were the best units of the type that served in the R. Marina.
Monday - The centralized reduced armored frigate enters service in Genoa Roma, eponymous of the class on two units.
Sunday - The new is approved Regulation for the arming of ships of the State. The regulation stems from the desire to optimize the current legislation for the purpose of economies in the on-board service by equipping the ships with armaments charts more adapted to the new financial needs and this also impacting on the classification of the ship also subjected to verification and new formulation .
Thursday - Salpa da Napoli the armored cruiser Varese (commander, captain of vessel Ignazio Cairola) to transport to Palermo the body of Francesco Crispi where he will be buried with honors citizens.
Sunday - Leave Seattle on board the steamship City of Topeka the expedition led by Lieutenant Lieutenant Luigi di Savoia, Duke of Abruzzi, to the ascent of the highest peak of the massif of Mount St. Elias in Alaska.
Monday - Sail from Kristiania (known from 1624 to 1878 as Christiania and from 1878 to 1924 as Kristiania, then take on the current name of Oslo, the northernmost capital of Europe) North Star.
Monday - The torpedo boat is delivered to Spezia under the command of the Lieutenant Emilio Maresca condore built at the Ansaldo shipyard in Sampierdarena and launched the 17 September 1898.
The most brilliant and daring naval action of the First World War. The night between the 9 and 10 June 1918 a section of two MAS under the command of corvette captain Luigi Rizzo left the port of Ancona heading towards the island of Premuda where he would have to carry out a normal roundup in order to ascertain the presence in the area of minefields.
Friday - With the consent of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of the Navy transfers Guglielmo Marconi to the sea. The next day Marconi will be enrolled as a volunteer for a year in the Workers category and destined to the Italian Embassy in London to the dependence of the naval employee.
Saturday - The Minister Persano presents in Parliament urgently the new naval program that has the merit of giving a foundation to the first Italian armored fleet, already previously made known in its essential lines.