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Amedeo Guillet

Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (died 2010)

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Born
February 7, 1909
Died
June 16, 2010
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1909

About Amedeo Guillet

Baron Amedeo Guillet was an officer of the Italian Army and an Italian Diplomat. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men to have commanded cavalry in war. He was nicknamed Devil Commander and was famous during the Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia in 1941, 1942 and 1943 because of his courage. The "devilries" that he created from day to day, almost seen as a game, explains why the British called him not only "Knight from other times" but also the Italian "Lawrence of Arabia". On 20 June 2000, he was awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Capua, which he defined as "highly coveted".

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The world when Amedeo Guillet was born

Amedeo Guillet was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Amedeo Guillet's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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