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Italy's partial adherence to the German-Austrian Dual Alliance was triggered partly by anger at France's May 1881 seizure of Tunisia, which many Italians had seen as a potential colony. But Italian public opinion remained unenthusiastic about their country's alignment with Austria-Hungary, a past enemy of Italian unification ( 1820- 21, 1848- 49, 1859Events January 2 Erastus Beadle publishes The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette''. February 14 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U. February 16 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr born February 16, 1859 Galesburg, Knox, IL March 26 French amateur astronomer clai, 18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon Turks are defeated January 12 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 800 Maronite troops clash) whose Italian-majority districts in the Trentino and Istria were seen as Italia irredenta ("unredeemed Italy"). When Germany and Austria-Hungary found themselves at war in August 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos with the rival Triple EntenteThe Triple Entente was the alliance formed in 1907 between the United Kingdom, France and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente. The UK had already entered into the Entente Cordiale with France in 1904, while France had concluded the Franc of Britain, France and the latter's ally RussiaThe Russian Federation ( Russian: , transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija , or Russia (Russian: , transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija , is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. With, Italy declared neutrality, subsequently entering the conflict on the side of the Entente against Austria-Hungary in May 1915 and Germany in August 1916 (see World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of) and gaining most of the Austrian territories she had coveted at the peace settlement of 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus.