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Sidney Sonnino

Italian politician (1847–1922)

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Born
March 11, 1847
Died
November 24, 1922
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1847

About Sidney Sonnino

Sidney Costantino, Baron Sonnino (Italian: [ˈsidn(e)i sonˈniːno]; 11 March 1847 – 24 November 1922) was an Italian statesman, 19th prime minister of Italy and twice served briefly as one, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910. He also was the Italian minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War, representing Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. In the first part, Sonnino analysed the lives of the island's landless peasants. Sonnino was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies for the first time in the general elections in May 1880, from the constituency of San Casciano in Val di Pesa.

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The world when Sidney Sonnino was born

Sidney Sonnino was born in 1847. 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 1847

  • Best-selling bookJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë & Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineMormons arrive in Salt Lake Valley
  • Technology milestoneChloroform used as anesthetic
  • World population~1.27B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames K. Polk
  • U.S. population20.8M

1847 versus 2026

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Measure18472026
Population20.8M341 million

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