He provoked the ire of opposition movements by giving a decoration to General Bava Beccaris, who had fired on rioters.
He provoked the ire of opposition movements by giving a decoration to General Bava Beccaris, who had fired on rioters. He was head of state when his country joined the Triple Alliance with Germany and (*) Austria, and later when the Battle of Adowa turned back his country from Ethiopia. For 10  points— name this man assassinated by Gaetano Bresci in 1900, the father of Victor Emmanuel III and king of Italy.
He provoked the ire of opposition movements by giving a decoration to General Bava Beccaris, who had fired on rioters.
Umberto I