The poet
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes the
Manifesto of Futurism (
Italian: Manifesto del Futurismo) and initiates an artistic
philosophy,
Futurism, rejecting the past, and celebrating speed, machinery, violence, youth and industry; it also advocates the modernization and cultural rejuvenation of Italy. In February 1909 the manifesto was published in one of Europe's main newspapers, Le Figaro.[1]
October 24 – At the Italian city of
Racconigi, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was hosted by King Victor Emmanuel III. The foreign ministers the two nations,
Tommaso Tittoni and
Aleksandr Izvolsky, exchanged diplomatic notes on an informal agreement, known as the
Racconigi Bargain, for Russia and Italy to support each other's interests in the Balkans and in the
Ottoman Empire.[4] Italy and the Russian Empire concluded another agreement with
Austro-Hungarian Empire a few days later disregarding this agreement.
The poet
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes the
Manifesto of Futurism (
Italian: Manifesto del Futurismo) and initiates an artistic
philosophy,
Futurism, rejecting the past, and celebrating speed, machinery, violence, youth and industry; it also advocates the modernization and cultural rejuvenation of Italy. In February 1909 the manifesto was published in one of Europe's main newspapers, Le Figaro.[1]
October 24 – At the Italian city of
Racconigi, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was hosted by King Victor Emmanuel III. The foreign ministers the two nations,
Tommaso Tittoni and
Aleksandr Izvolsky, exchanged diplomatic notes on an informal agreement, known as the
Racconigi Bargain, for Russia and Italy to support each other's interests in the Balkans and in the
Ottoman Empire.[4] Italy and the Russian Empire concluded another agreement with
Austro-Hungarian Empire a few days later disregarding this agreement.