1975 Death Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies 1963 Birthday Alessandra Mussolini, Naples Italy, actress, Ferragosto OK 1945 Death Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot 1945 Death Claretta Petacci, mistress of Mussolini, executed 1945 Death Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician executed 1945 Event Italian partisans capture Mussolini prisoner 1944 Event 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies 1944 Event Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg 1943 Event Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy 1943 Event Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Mussolini at Gran Sasso 1943 Event German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government 1943 Event Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso 1943 Event Italian Facist dictator Benito Mussolini resigns 1943 Event Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II 1943 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg 1941 Event Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1940 Event Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence 1940 Event Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps 1940 Event Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1939 Event Hitler and Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" 1938 Event Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain 1938 Event Mussolini cancels civil rights of Italian Jews 1938 Event Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest 1936 Event Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis" 1935 Event Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1935 Event Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor 1935 Event Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" 1934 Event Hitler and Mussolini meet in Vienna 1934 Event Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) 1932 Event Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals 1932 Event Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years 1931 Event Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini 1928 Event Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia, Ethiopia 1928 Event Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1928 Event Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1926 Event Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose 1925 Event Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties 1925 Event Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1924 Event Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1924 Event Mussolini government exchanges diplomats with U.S.S.R. 1924 Event Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union 1923 Event Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu 1923 Event Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige 1923 Event Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini 1922 Event Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1922 Event Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1922 Event Mussolini forms government in Italy 1922 Event Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1922 Event Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini 1922 Event Mussolini ask Vatican for support of fascist party program 1922 Event Mussolini marches on Rome 1921 Event Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini 1921 Event Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats 1920 Event Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1919 Event Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1914 Event Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party 1914 Event Italian socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia 1908 Birthday Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fuhrer, Mussolini/Horthy 1883 Birthday Benito Mussolini, Il Duce, Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43
