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The Bava Beccaris massacre, named after the Italian General
Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, refers to the repression of widespread
riots in
Milan in May 1898.
On
May 5 1898, workers organized a
strike to demonstrate against the government of
Antonio Starrabba di Rudinì, holding it responsible for the general
increase of prices and for the
famine that was affecting the country. The first blood was shed that day at
Pavia, when the son of the mayor of Milan was killed while attempting to halt the troops marching against the crowd.
After a protest in Milan the following day,
Antonio di Rudinì's government declared a
state of siege in the city. Infantry, cavalry and artillery were brought into the city and General Bava-Beccaris ordered his troops to fire on demonstrators. On May 9, 1898, the troops used artillery to breach the walls of a monastery ouside Porta Monforte, but they found inside only a group of beggars who had come to receive assistance from the friars. According to the government, there were 118 dead and 450 wounded.
The opposition claimed 400 dead and more than 2,000 injured people.
Filippo Turati, one of the founder of the
Italian Socialist Party in 1892, was arrested in 1898, accused of inspiring the riots.
King
Umberto I praised the General and awarded him the medal of
Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine Militare dei Savoia, saying that "You have rendered a great service to the King and to the Country". The decoration exacerbated the Italian population's indignation. On the other hand, Antonio di Rudinì was forced to resign in July 1898.
On 29 July, 1900, at
Monza, Umberto I was assassinated by the anarchist
Gaetano Bresci who claimed he'd come directly from America to avenge the victims of the repression, and the offense given by the decoration awarded to General Bava Beccaris.
The painter Quinto Cenni undertook a large collection of coloured illustrations showing scenes from the riots. These portrayed the demonstrators in unfavourable terms and stressed the support of at least the middle class citizens of Milan for the military.
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