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The prime minister of the papal states, Pellegrino Rossi, is assassinated in Rome
A new Roman republic is proclaimed, with veteran agitator Giuseppe Mazzini in the leading role
Pope Pius IX returns to Rome under the protection of French troops, with his enthusiasm for any form of change much reduced.
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore is a success at its premiere in Rome
Victor Emmanuel II is proclaimed king of a united Italy, with only Rome and Venetia remaining outside his realm
As the result of a plebiscite, Rome and the remaining papal states are included in the kingdom of Italy
Rome becomes the capital city of the entire Italian peninsula, for the first time since the Roman empire
A promenade concert, presented by Henry Wood in London's Queen's Hall, turns out to be the beginning of a very long tradition
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca brings in the new century with a January premiere in Rome
Frederick Delius completes his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, but it is not performed until 1907 in Berlin
French automobile pioneer Leon Serpollet sets a new land speed record, driving a steam car at 75 mph along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
Frederick Delius's Walk to the Paradise Garden is added to his opera A Village Romeo and Juliet to cover a scene change during the Berlin premiere
Maria Montessori establishes her first Casa dei Bambini in the deprived San Lorenzo district of Rome
Alexander Scriabin completes Prometheus, the Poem of Fire, first performed in Moscow in 1911
Hlding for a day in a shell hole in no man's land, Harold Macmillan reads 'intermittently' the book in his pocket – Aeschylus's Prometheus in Greek
Ottorino Respighi completes his symphonic poem for orchestra Fountains of Rome, first performed in Rome the following year
Mussolini gives orders for armed squads to congregate around Rome, in preparation for a march to seize power in the capital
The Italian king Victor Emmanuel III, alarmed at the prospect of a Fascist march on Rome, asks Mussolini to form a government
A triumphant Mussolini arrives in Rome on the overnight train from Milan to take up his appointment as prime minister
Columns of blackshirts, brought into Rome for the day, parade before Mussolini and the king
US astronomer Edwin Hubble proves that the nebula Andromeda is vastly further away than other stars and can only be a separate galaxy
Ottorino Respighi's symphonic poem Pines of Rome has its first performance in Rome
Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern open on Broadway with an immensely influential American musical, Show Boat
Paul Robeson sings 'Ol' Man River' in the film of Jerome Kern's Showboat
The first of many ballets to Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet score is premiered in Czechoslovakia
