Assassination of Italian King Umberto I on July 29, 1900

On July 29, 1900, King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated in Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci, who had returned to Italy after living in the United States. Bresci shot the monarch as he rode in a carriage after a public ceremony, was captured by the crowd, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment, and died by suicide in jail ten months later.

The date is also noted for other historic moments, such as the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, but the central event remembered in the articles is the killing of King Umberto I and its political repercussions in early‑20th‑century Italy.