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| 1920, April 26 |
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| The San Remo conference decided to leave the Fiume question to settlement by Italy and Yugoslavia. | 1 |
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| June 9 |
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| Fall of the Nitti cabinet, after it had been twice reconstructed. A new government was formed by the veteran Giovanni Giolitti, with Count Carlo Sforza at the foreign office. | 2 |
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| Aug. 2 |
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| Agreement with Albania to evacuate the country, with the exception of the island of Saseno. The Albanians had attacked the Italian forces and made their position untenable. | 3 |
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| Aug. 31 |
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| A general lockout in the metallurgical factories led to the occupation of the factories by the workers, the beginning of a far-reaching movement. By September factories all over Italy were occupied by workers. Despite popular support, a Socialist revolution did not occur; the workers never attempted the seizure of government buildings. The government therefore refused to use force against them and eventually the factories returned to former management. | 4 |
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| Nov. 12 |
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| Treaty of Rapallo with Yugoslavia (See Nov. 12). | 5 |
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| Dec. 1 |
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| D'Annunzio declared war on the Italian government. | 6 |
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| Dec. 27 |
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| Italian troops bombarded Fiume and forced D'Annunzio to evacuate. Disorders continued in the city between the autonomists and the nationalists. | 7 |
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