1. Ernesto Burzagli was a prominent figure in the Kingdom of Italy during the early 20th century.
17 Facts About Ernesto Burzagli
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Ernesto Burzagli entered the Italian Naval Academy in Leghorn in 1887, and he was commissioned as an ensign in 1892.
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Ernesto Burzagli was from a noble family of Montevarchi, but was born in Modena, as his father had relocated there to assume a position as a professor of physics at the Military Academy of Modena.
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Ernesto Burzagli graduated from the Accademia Navale di Livorno in 1892, and after serving on a number of ships in the Royal Italian Navy, he was assigned as a military attache to Tokyo, Japan in May 1904.
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Ernesto Burzagli arrived just in time to become an official foreign observer of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War, and witnessed first-hand the naval bombardment of Port Arthur.
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In 1912, Ernesto Burzagli was assigned command of an Intrepid-class destroyer.
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In 1917, Captain Ernesto Burzagli sailed the RN Libia across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City.
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Ernesto Burzagli was given command of the cruiser RN Libia from February 1921 to February 1923, and during this period, the ship circumnavigated the globe.
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On his return, Ernesto Burzagli was promoted to the rank of rear admiral; and he and assigned to head the Accademia Navale and the Italian Institute of Marine War.
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Ernesto Burzagli wrote a treatise in four volumes, Manual of Navigation.
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Ernesto Burzagli left his place at the academy in 1927 to accept the position of Chief of Staff of the Navy, a post he held until 1931.
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Ernesto Burzagli was a Technical Advisor in the Italian delegation at the London Naval Conference 1930 for the reduction of the armaments.
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Ernesto Burzagli was promoted to Divisional Admiral in 1926, and promoted again to Vice Admiral in 1928.
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Ernesto Burzagli was Naval Chief of Staff from 1927 to 1931.
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Ernesto Burzagli was released in consideration of his reputation and his advanced age.
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Ernesto Burzagli died on 13 September 1944 and was buried in a monumental tomb in the cemetery of Montevarchi.
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Ernesto Burzagli received many awards and decorations, including awards from several other countries, such as the Navy Cross from the United States, the second-highest award that the nation's military has.