1952 Birthday Giuliano Ferrara, born in Rome, Italy, activist, atheist, communist turned Centre-Right and pro-life, admired Pope Benedict XVI 1912 Birthday Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, Italian modernist film director, 'Blow-up', 'Red Desert' 1644 Event Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara 1598 Event Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso 1438 Event Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara 1431 Event G Cesarini opens Counsel of Basel (Ferrara/Florence)
