Michele Angiolillo
Michele Angiolillo Lombardi (born June 5, 1871 in Foggia , † August 20, 1897 in Bergara ) was an Italian anarchist and assassin of the Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo .
In 1897 Angiolillo traveled to Spain via Paris and London under an assumed name . Originally, he probably planned to murder a member of the royal family, but was then convinced by the revolutionary Ramón Emeterio Betances to choose Cánovas as a target. He had cracked down on anarchists, socialists and republicans since 1896 , many of whom died in Montjuïc prison as a result of torture .
Angiolillo finally met Cánovas on August 8, 1897 alone in a thermal bath in Mondragón , Guipúzcoa , where he shot him. Angiolillo was then captured and denied the involvement of other people in the attack. He was sentenced to death by the garrot . The execution took place in the nearby town of Bergara.
literature
- Pier Carlo Masini: Angiolillo, Michele. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 3: Ammirato – Arcoleo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1961.
Remarks
- ^ Ojeda Reyes, Félix, El Desterrado de París: Biografía del Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Ediciones Puerto, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001, pp. 356-359
- ^ Angiolillo Died Bravely . In: The New York Times , August 22, 1897. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
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| SURNAME | Angiolillo, Michele |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Angiolillo Lombardi, Michele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian anarchist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Foggia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1897 |
| Place of death | Bergara |