Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris

The Honourable
Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris
KOSML, KOCI, GCMOS
The Honourable Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris KOSML, KOCI, GCMOS
Member of the Senate
	In office; 16 June 1898 – 8 April 1924
Monarch	Umberto I
Personal details
Born	17 March 1831; Fossano, Piedmont-Sardinia
Died	8 April 1924 (aged 93); Rome, Italy
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	Crimean War; 2nd Italian War of Independence; 3rd Italian War of Independence;

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.

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