1900 c, ITALY: The italian politician Generale ORESTE BARATIERI (Baratter or Barattieri-1841-1901). Baratieri began his career as a volunteer for Giuseppe Garibaldi 's Redshirts, where he served during the Sicilian-Neapolitan campaign 1860-1861. Was an Italian general and governor of Eritrea who led the Italian army to a disastrous defeat in the First Italo-Abyssinian War's Battle of Adowa in february 1896.