Events from the year 1893 in Italy.
Cartoon in the satirical magazine L'Asino (The Donkey) in June 1893, with Giolitti (right) and Tanlongo (left). "Savings and loans: the coup succeeded." (L'Asino, June 11, 1893)
Prints reproducing the massacre at Lercara Friddi in December 1893 during the Fasci Siciliani revolt
Child killed during coachmen strike of August 24, 1893, carried into procession, clashes with police, Naples, Italy
Sitting in the Chamber of Deputees on 23 November 1893 (Illustrazione italiana)
The Banca Romana scandal surfaced in January 1893 in Italy over the bankruptcy of the Banca Romana, one of the six national banks authorised at the time to issue currency. The scandal was the first of many Italian corruption scandals, and discredited both ministers and parliamentarians, in particular those of the Historical Left and was comparable to the Panama Canal Scandal that was shaking France at the time, threatening the constitutional order. The crisis prompted a new banking law, tarnished the prestige of the Prime Ministers Francesco Crispi and Giovanni Giolitti and prompted the collapse of the latter's government in November 1893. The scandal led also to the creation of one central bank, the Bank of Italy.
Banca Romana scandal trial
Giovanni Giolitti
Cartoon in the satirical magazine L'Asino (The Donkey) in June 1893, with Giolitti (right) and Tanlongo (left). "Savings and loans: the coup succeeded." (L'Asino, June 11, 1893)
Sitting in the Chamber of Deputees on 23 November 1893 (Illustrazione italiana)
