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.
Recognition
The Marconi-class submarine Luigi Torelli fought for Italy in World War 2 and was named after him. The submarine was notable for serving under all three axis powers - Italy until it surrendered, later Germany until it was defeated and then finally Imperial Japan.
Sources
- ↑ American Bibliographical Center (1991). Historical abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1775-1914, Volume 42, Issues 3-4. Santa Barbara.
- ↑ Casati, Carlo (1885). Nuove rivelazioni su i fatti di Milano nel 1847-1848, Volume 2. Milano.
- ↑ Oettinger, Eduard Maria (1882). Moniteur des dates. Supplément. Leipzig.
- ↑ Società geografica italiana (1868). Bollettino della Società geografica italiana. Florence.