March on Rome

1922-10-27 - 1922-10-29

The March on Rome was an organized Fascist demonstration in late October 1922 that brought Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party to power in Italy. As Blackshirt paramilitaries approached the capital on 28 October, King Victor Emmanuel III refused Prime Minister Luigi Facta's request to declare a state of siege and instead appointed Mussolini prime minister on 30 October. Power transferred to the Fascists without armed conflict.