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| 1923, Jan. 14 |
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| A voluntary Fascist militia authorized by the king. | 1 |
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| March 24 |
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| Reform of the judicial system. | 2 |
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| May |
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| After having supported Mussolini in 1922, those members of the Popular (Catholic) Party who had taken office with him were forced out. Don Luigi Sturzo, leader of the party's left wing, resisted the Fascists, but Pius XI helped Mussolini by denouncing Sturzo and his followers. | 3 |
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| July |
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| Initiation of a rigid policy of Italianization in South Tyrol (Upper Adige). | 4 |
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| Aug.–Sept |
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| THE CORFU INCIDENT (See Jan. 11). | 5 |
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| Nov. 14 |
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| A new electoral law. Before the expiration of his dictatorial powers, Mussolini forced through parliament a law providing that any party securing the largest number of votes in an election (provided it had at least one-fourth of the total) should receive two-thirds of the seats. The remaining seats were to be divided according to proportional representation. This arrangement would avoid the difficulty of coalitions and blocs in a parliament where no party had a majority. | 6 |
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