Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office 16 June 1898 – 8 April 1924 | |
Monarch | Umberto I |
Personal details | |
Born | Fossano, Piedmont-Sardinia | 17 March 1831
Died | 8 April 1924 Rome, Italy | (aged 93)
Political party | Historical Right |
Alma mater | Military Academy of Turin |
Profession | Military officer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Italy |
Branch/service | Royal Sardinian Army Royal Italian Army |
Years of service | 1845–1898 |
Rank | General |
Unit | III and VII Army Corps |
Battles/wars | |
Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris (pronounced [fjoˈrɛntso ˈbaːva bekˈkaːris]; 17 March 1831 – 8 April 1924) was an Italian general, especially remembered for his brutal repression of riots in Milan in 1898, known as the Bava Beccaris massacre.