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1909 in Italy

Events from the year 1909 in Italy.

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.

The government struggles to get relief aid to Messina and Calabria after the earthquake on December 28, 1908.

Naples FBC wins the first Lipton Challenge Cup, a football competition competed between clubs from Southern Italy and Sicily.

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