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Gabriele D'Annunzio
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1919
September
12
D'Annunzio seizes Fiume
On 12 September 1919 the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio led mutinous soldiers and volunteers into Fiume and proclaimed its union with Italy in defiance of Rome.
1920
December
24
Bloody Christmas in Fiume
On Christmas Eve 1920 the Italian army attacked D'Annunzio's legionaries, who rejected the Treaty of Rapallo. After five days of fighting he gave up power.