In the news1918–1919
Spanish flu pandemic, 1918
During the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, 600,000 Italians lost their lives.
Rome, 8 Nov 1913 – Rome, 2 May 2012
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8 Nov 1913
Born in Rome
1936–1937
2 children are born
2012
Funeral
2 May 2012
Dies in Rome, aged 98
She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Rome.
General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.
Who governed
Monarch of Italy, 951 · Kingdom of Italy
Monarch of Italy, 947 · Kingdom of Italy
Monarch of Italy, 1900–1946 · Kingdom of Italy
In the news1918–1919
During the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, 600,000 Italians lost their lives.
Music
Village Dance Music Cost Two Grani
In Sicily, village musicians charged two grani (equivalent to one soldo) to play popular songs like tarantella for dancing in the town square.
Around the world · 1914–1918The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.
Daily life
First Italian village with modern electric light
Crespi d'Adda workers' village was the first in Italy to feature modern Edison public street lighting.
In the news1913
In 1913, Italian migration hit a record peak, with 870,000 people leaving the country in a single year.
What people wore
Poor children often went barefoot
Because shoes were expensive, poor children in both rural and urban areas commonly went barefoot, even though middle-class children in cities wore fashionable European-style clothing.
Getting around
Rimini to San Marino travel times
A carriage journey between Rimini and San Marino took up to five hours, sometimes pulled by mules or oxen to better handle the steep slopes. By 1911, an early bus service replaced the horse-drawn carriage, reducing the travel time to one hour and fifteen minutes.