Carmine Crocco

Also known as Carmine Donatelli Crocco, Donatello, Karmin Krokko

Italian brigand (1830–1905)

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Vinony files it under 1830 births, 1905 deaths and 19th-century Italian criminals.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Born: ( 1830-06-05 ) 5 June 1830, Rionero in Vulture , Basilicata , Two Sicilies
Died: 18 June 1905 (1905-06-18) (aged 75), Portoferraio , Tuscany , Italy
Other name: Donatello
Organization: Brigandage in the Two Sicilies

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Place of birth: Rionero in Vulture
Place of death: Portoferraio
Occupation: soldier
Languages spoken: Italian
Image: Carmine Crocco1.jpg

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Commons category: Carmine Crocco
date of birth: 1830-06-05
date of death: 1905-06-08
start of work period: 1852-00-00
pseudonym: Donatello
writing language: Italian

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Encyclopedic overview

Carmine Crocco (5 June 1830 – 18 June 1905), known as Donatello or sometimes Donatelli, was an Italian brigand. Initially a soldier for the Bourbons, he later fought in the service of Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Soon after Italian unification he formed an army of two thousand men, leading the most cohesive and feared band in Southern Italy and becoming the most formidable leader on the Bourbon side. He was renowned for his guerrilla tactics, such as cutting water supplies, destroying flour mills, cutting telegraph wires and ambushing stragglers.

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