Felice Cavallotti
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| NAME | Cavallotti, Felice |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1898 |
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| Born | November 6, 1842 Milan, Italy |
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| Died | March 6, 1898 Duel with Count Macola |
| Occupation | Politician, Poet, Writer |
Felice Cavallotti (b. November 6, 1842, Milan, Italy - March 6, 1898), an Italian politician, poet and dramatic author.
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[edit] Military Career, Journalism
Felice Cavallotti fought with the Garibaldian Corps in their 1860 and 1866 campaigns.
Following his military service he created a series of anti-monarchical lampoons in the Gazzetta di Milano and in the Gazzettina Rosa between 1866 and 1872.
[edit] Political Career
In 1872 Cavallotti was elected to the Italian Parliament as deputy for Corteolona. When sworn in Cavallotti took the oath of allegiance, despite having lampooned the oath in his articles. Eloquent and turbulent, his combativeness in and out of Parliament secured for him the leadership of the extreme Left on the death of Bertani in 1886.
During his twelve years' leadership his party increased in number from twenty to seventy, and at the time of his death his parliamentary influence was greater than ever before.
Although he was ambitious and used defamatory methods of personal attack, Cavallotti's eloquent advocacy of democratic reform and apparent generosity of sentiment secured for him a popularity surpassed by that of no Italian political contemporary save Francesco Crispi.
Services rendered in the cholera epidemic of 1885, his numerous lawsuits and thirty-three duels, his bitter campaign against Crispi, and his championship of French interests combined to enhance his notoriety and to increase his political influence.
By skillful alliances with the Marquis di Rudinì he more than once obtained practical control of the Italian government and exacted notable concessions to Radical demands.
[edit] Duel with Count Macola
Aged 55, Cavallotti was killed in a duel with Count Macola, editor of the conservative Gazzetta di Venezia, whom he had insulted.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
