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Luigi Cadorna
1850Sep, 4

Luigi Cadorna

Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (d. 1928)
Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general and Marshal of Italy, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914-1917 of World War I. Because of the multiple and consecutive failed attacks led by him, the large number of casualties incurred among his own men (outnumbering enemy casualties), and his personal reputation as disproportionately bitter and ruthless, Cadorna is often considered one of the conflict's worst generals.

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  • 29Jan

    Compromise of 1850

    Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
  • 7Mar

    Compromise of 1850

    Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
  • 29Jun

    Church of Greece

    Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
  • 18Sep

    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
  • 29Sep

    Universalis Ecclesiae

    The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.