Luigi Torelli

Luigi Torelli

Luigi Torelli (9 February 1810 - 14 November 1887)

Biography

Luigi Torelli was born in Villa di Tirano, in the Valtellina of Lombardy, at the time part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.

Being a patriot, he took part in the Five Days of Milan,^[1] most noted in driving out the Tyrolian Kaiserjäger from Piazza del Duomo and, together with fellow patriot Scipione Bagaggia, for raising the tri-colour atop the Cathedral.^[2][3]

Torelli was a member of diverse scientific and economic institutions. In 1860 he was made a Senator and in 1864 became Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce of the Kingdom of Italy.^[4]

He died at Tirano in 1887.

Sources

1. ^ American Bibliographical Center (1991). Historical abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1775-1914, Volume 42, Issues 3-4. Santa Barbara. 
2. ^ Casati, Carlo (1885). Nuove rivelazioni su i fatti di Milano nel 1847-1848, Volume 2. Milano. 
3. ^ Oettinger, Eduard Maria (1882). Moniteur des dates. Supplément. Leipzig. 
4. ^ Società geografica italiana (1868). Bollettino della Società geografica italiana. Florence. 

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Name	Torelli, Luigi
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Date of birth	9 February 1810
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Date of death	14 November 1887
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