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1894 anti-Italian riots
The 1894 anti-Italian riots or the Lyon anti-Italian riots were a series of riots and ethnic violence targeting Italians in Lyon, France, between 24 and 26 June 1894.
Following the assassination of Sadi Carnot by the Italian anarchist Sante Caserio, ethnic violence erupted throughout the Lyon metropolitan area against Italians. The Italian consulate was attacked by a mob attempting to force entry, and dozens of businesses and buildings occupied by Italians were set on fire, looted, and ransacked.
The persecutions led to a "mass exodus" of Italians in several French towns and prompted them to flee France, at least temporarily, to avoid being targeted.
Italians have been a significant ethnic minority in France since a relatively early period. From the 16th century onwards, they faced significant xenophobia from the French; numerous stereotypes about Italians were spread, and they endured several massacres at the hands of French authorities or the population until the 19th century.
In the 19th century, seeking economic opportunities, a number of Italians emigrated to France to find employment, particularly in the Paris region, around Marseille and Cannes, but also in the Lyon region. By the end of that century, approximately 10% of all Italians in France lived there.
A certain number of them subscribed to anarchism, an ideology that sought to fight against all forms of domination, primarily economic domination, with the development of capitalism. They were particularly opposed to the State, viewed as the institution that supported many of these dominations through its police, army, and propaganda.
Between 1892 and 1894, during a series of events called the Ère des attentats, one of the Italian anarchist companions, Sante Caserio, assassinated the President of the French Republic, Sadi Carnot, in response to the repression of January and February 1894 and the execution of anarchists like Ravachol, Auguste Vaillant, and Émile Henry. This assassination of the President in Lyon then served as a trigger for ethnic violence targeting Italians in the city and the region.
On the very evening of the assassination, 24 June 1894, young Frenchmen settled on the terrace of Café Casati, at 12 Rue du Bât-d'Argent, and began discussing the attack while profusely insulting Italians. The waiter was insulted and accosted by this group, and as the discussion intensified and he was finally struck, he threw his pitcher at them and then locked himself inside the cafe, which closed its doors to the insults of the growing crowd.
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1894 anti-Italian riots
The 1894 anti-Italian riots or the Lyon anti-Italian riots were a series of riots and ethnic violence targeting Italians in Lyon, France, between 24 and 26 June 1894.
Following the assassination of Sadi Carnot by the Italian anarchist Sante Caserio, ethnic violence erupted throughout the Lyon metropolitan area against Italians. The Italian consulate was attacked by a mob attempting to force entry, and dozens of businesses and buildings occupied by Italians were set on fire, looted, and ransacked.
The persecutions led to a "mass exodus" of Italians in several French towns and prompted them to flee France, at least temporarily, to avoid being targeted.
Italians have been a significant ethnic minority in France since a relatively early period. From the 16th century onwards, they faced significant xenophobia from the French; numerous stereotypes about Italians were spread, and they endured several massacres at the hands of French authorities or the population until the 19th century.
In the 19th century, seeking economic opportunities, a number of Italians emigrated to France to find employment, particularly in the Paris region, around Marseille and Cannes, but also in the Lyon region. By the end of that century, approximately 10% of all Italians in France lived there.
A certain number of them subscribed to anarchism, an ideology that sought to fight against all forms of domination, primarily economic domination, with the development of capitalism. They were particularly opposed to the State, viewed as the institution that supported many of these dominations through its police, army, and propaganda.
Between 1892 and 1894, during a series of events called the Ère des attentats, one of the Italian anarchist companions, Sante Caserio, assassinated the President of the French Republic, Sadi Carnot, in response to the repression of January and February 1894 and the execution of anarchists like Ravachol, Auguste Vaillant, and Émile Henry. This assassination of the President in Lyon then served as a trigger for ethnic violence targeting Italians in the city and the region.
On the very evening of the assassination, 24 June 1894, young Frenchmen settled on the terrace of Café Casati, at 12 Rue du Bât-d'Argent, and began discussing the attack while profusely insulting Italians. The waiter was insulted and accosted by this group, and as the discussion intensified and he was finally struck, he threw his pitcher at them and then locked himself inside the cafe, which closed its doors to the insults of the growing crowd.
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