In 1895
Luigi Lavazza started to roast his own coffee in a small grocery store in the Via San Tommaso 10 in
Turin, eventually becoming the worldwide coffee brand
Lavazza. Inventor and electrical engineer
Guglielmo Marconi experiments with
wireless telegraphy.
April 24 – The Supreme Court decides that former Prime Minister
Giovanni Giolitti cannot not be tried by an ordinary civil court, as Giolitti had argued since he had made his accusations against the involvement of current Prime Minister Crispi in the
Banca Romana scandal in the
Italian Chamber of Deputies. Only the Senate could hear the case. Giolittt had been accused of embezzlement of judiciary document as well as libel against Crispi and his wife, and had been summoned before the courts after the Public Prosecutor, sustained by lower courts, had started the prosecution.[1][2]
April 30 – The first
Venice Biennale, I Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia (1st International Art Exhibition of the City of Venice), holds its first exhibition before growing into a major
contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years (in odd years) in
Venice, Italy. The exhibition is opened by the Italian King and Queen,
Umberto I and
Margherita di Savoia and would be seen by 224,000 visitors.
May
May 18 – the first motor race in Italy is held. It is run on a course from
Turin to
Asti and back, a total of 93 km (58 mi). Five entrants start the event; only three complete it. It is won by
Simone Federman in a four-seat
DaimlerOmnibus, at an average speed of 15.5 km/h (9.6 mph).[3]
May 19 – an earthquake hits
Tuscany; four people are killed in
Florence.[4]
July 24 – The Government decides to present the evidence of former Prime Minister
Giovanni Giolitti about the role of current Prime Minister Crispi in the
Banca Romana scandal and other matters – known as the "Giolitti envelope" –, to the Chamber of Deputies and have a special commission examine them.[8] In June 1895, the French newspaper
Le Figaro had published the package of documents compromising Crispi with evidence that he had concealed financial transactions and debts contracted by Crispi, his family and friends with the Banca Romana from the parliamentary inquiry in 1893.[9]
December 13 – The Chamber declines to indict former Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti, who had asked to be brought for the Senate, as part of the
Banca Romana scandal.[11]
Births
January 16 –
Rodolfo Lipizer, Italian violinist, professor of music, and orchestra conductor (died 1974)