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2007 Luciano Pavarotti, died in Modena, Italy, of pancreatic cancer, at 71
2007 Michelangelo Antonioni, dies in Rome, Italy, at 94 2006 Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France 2006 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy 1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map 1996 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 1996 Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65 1994 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest, 62, mother 1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup 1994 Giovanni Goria, Prime Minister of Italy 1987 - 1988, dies 1994 Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election 1992 Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy 1992 Cole Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Dylan Sprouse, born in Arezzo, Italy, actor, Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire 1992 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy 1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy 1991 Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italy 1954 - 1955, dies 1991 Boat rams a tanker in Livorno Italy fog, killing about 138 1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1991 Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at 77 1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game 1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 1990 Sandro Pertini, president of Italy (1978, 85), dies at 93 1990 Mariano Rumor, Italy's Prime Minister 1968 - 1970, 1973 - 1974, dies 1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1988 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy 1988 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89 1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 1988 Italy government of De Mita forms 1987 Bettino Craxi's Socialist Party wins election in Italy 1987 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die 1984 Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General (CP) Italy, dies 1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed 1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km 1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy 1983 Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid 1982 U.S. General Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy 1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy 1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest 1980 Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0) 1978 Denny Mendez, Miss Italy Universe 1997 1978 Alessandro Pertini elected President of Italy 1978 Italy's President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair 1978 Italy legalizes abortion 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1978 Aldo Moro, 5 times Prime Minister of Italy, assassinated by terrorists 1977 Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR 1977 Italy legalizes abortion 1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy 1976 Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi 1975 Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star 1975 Italy's Communist party PCI, wins 1975 Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open 1975 Italy broadens abortion law 1975 Leo Insam, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1974 Rumor's government in Italy resigns 1973 Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior 1973 Markus Brunner, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1973 Stefano Margoni, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy) 1972 Roland Ramoser, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1972 Brigitta Boccoli, Milan, Italy, actress, Manhattan Baby 1972 Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles 1972 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy 1971 Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star 1970 Dino Felicetti, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy 1970 Michela Rocco, born in Udine, Italy, Miss Italy, 1987 1970 Flora Perfetti, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star 1970 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship 1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City 1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup, in Mexico City 1970 Renzo Furlan, Italy, tennis star 1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11 1970 Giuseppe Busillo, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1970 Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles 1970 Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1970 Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro 1970 Chris Bartolone, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1969 Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Reims-FRA 1968 Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver, Olympics-4th-96 1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr 1968 Stefan Figliuzzi, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1968 Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star 1968 Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre, Italy, actress, Big Game Hunter 1968 Chad Biafore, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1968 Sabrina [Salerno], born in Genoa, Italy, Miss Italy, 1984, and singer, Boys 1968 Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1968 Michael Rosati, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998 1967 Laura Golarsa, Milan Italy, tennis star, Oklahoma City doubles 1967 Laura Garrone, Italy, tennis star 1967 Mario Chitarroni, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1967 Valeria Marini, Rome, Italy, sports commentator, Italian Soccer 1967 Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1967 Roberto Baggio, born in Caldogno, Italy, retired Italian footballer, greatest of 125 footballers in 2004 FIFA 100 list 1967 Laura Golarsa, Italy, tennis star 1967 Mario Brunetta, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998 1966 Benedicta Boccoli, Milan Italy 1966 Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1966 Valeria Golino, Naples Italy, actress, Rain Man, Little Flames 1966 Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer 1966 Michael De Angelis, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1966 Linda Ferrando, Italy, tennis star 1965 David Delfino, hockey goaltender, Team Italy 1998 1965 Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star 1965 Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star 1965 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress, Normal People 1965 Robert Oberrrauch, hockey defenseman, Team Italy 1998 1965 Lucio Topatigh, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1965 Francesca Dellera, [Cervellera], Rome, Italy, actress, Capriccio 1965 Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1965 Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane 1965 Paolo Cane, born in Italy, tennis star 1965 Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy 1965 Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles 1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy, 1982 1965 Loredana Romito, Benevento Italy, model/actress, Fatal Temptation 1964 President Segni of Italy resigns 1964 Amanda Sandrelli, Rome, Italy, actress, The Key 1964 Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team 1964 Isabelle Ferrari, born in Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager 1964 Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress, Ages of Lulu 1963 Alessandra Mussolini, Naples Italy, actress, Ferragosto OK 1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die 1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die 1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1963 Patrizia Pellegrino, born in Naples, Italy, Italy's Miss Teenager 1980 1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia 1963 Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star 1963 1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of U.S.) 1963 Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW 1962 Gaetano Orlando, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1962 Martin Pavlu, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1962 Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Naples Italy, TV actress, Passioni 1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy 1962 Antonio Segni elected president of Italy 1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies 1961 Alba Parietti, born in Torino, Italy, actress, Galagoal, Abbronzatissima 1961 Fabio [Lanzoni], born in Italy, romance novels model, Fabio After Dark 1961 Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist 1960 Italy beats U.S. in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years U.S. not in finals) 1960 Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player, World Cup 1960 Monica Bellucci, Citta di Castello Italy, actress, Dracula 1960 Cinzia De Ponti, [Fiordeponti], Pescara Italy, Miss Italy 1979 1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy 1960 Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74 1960 Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief 1959 Carmen Russo, Genoa Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1972 1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns 1958 Pamela Prati, Rome, Italy, Million $ Cap, 1984, actress 1958 Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy, 1980 1957 Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy 1957 Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy 1956 Pietro Badoglio, Premier of Italy (1943-44), dies at 85 1956 Lili Carati, Varese Italy, Miss Italy, 1975, actress, Alcove 1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1955 Gloria Guida, Merano Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1974 1955 Bruno Zarrillo, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998 1955 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy 1955 G. Gronchi elected president of Italy 1955 Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife 1955 Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete, Olympics-1976 1955 Enrico Mentana, Milan Italy, Italian newscaster, RAI 1954 Tony Rosato, Naples Italy, comedian, SCTV, SNL, Amanda's 1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75 1954 Lina Polito, born in Naples, Italy, actress, Love and Anarchy 1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy 1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns 1953 Arnella Flynn, Rome, Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter 1953 Eleonora Giorgi, Rome, Italy, actress, Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice 1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1953 Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1953 Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model, Vogue 1952 Isabella Rossellini, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Big Night, Blue Velvet 1952 Giuliano Ferrara, born in Rome, Italy, activist, atheist, communist turned Centre-Right and pro-life, admired Pope Benedict XVI 1951 United Kingdom of Libya gains independence from Italy via UN 1951 Silvia Dionisio, Rome, Italy, actress, Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei 1951 Daria Nicolodi, Florence Italy, actress, Terror, Shock 1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom 1972 Olympics bronze 1950 Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg 1948 Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy 1948 Italy adopts constitution 1947 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 1947 Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver, Gold Medals 1968, 1972, 1976 Olympics 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia 1947 Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos 1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata 1946 Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut, STS-46 1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy 1946 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates 1946 Stefania Sandrelli, born in Viareggio, Italy, actress, Afredo, Key 1946 Michele Placido, Foggia Italy, actor, La Lupa, Poliziotti 1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy 1946 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto 1946 Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress, Lie, Conformist, 1900 1945 German Army in Italy surrenders 1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed 1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot 1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1944 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder) 1944 Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy 1944 British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy 1944 U.S. troops occupy Pisa, Italy 1944 Polish troops under General Anders occupy Ancona Italy 1944 Allied breakthrough in Italy 1944 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy 1944 British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy 1944 German defense line in Italy collapsed 1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy 1944 CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy 1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes 1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy 1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy 1944 Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins 1944 German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy 1944 Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy 1944 Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy 1944 During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy 1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1943 Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy 1943 Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy 1943 General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II 1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy 1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze 1943 British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina) 1943 Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II 1943 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission, over Italy 1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy 1943 Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian, won Olympic gold in 1964 1943 Battle of Anzio: Italy; Allies stopped on beach 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1942 Giancarlo Giannini, La Spezia Italy, actor, Seduction of Mimi 1942 Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man 1942 Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1942 Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist 1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US 1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy 1941 Marina Ripa, Rome, Italy, countess/writer, My First 40 Years 1941 Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Summer Night 1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1941 Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II 1941 Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity 1941 Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy 1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1940 Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis) 1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II 1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor 1940 Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1940 Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome, Italy, Princess, Monaco 1940 Italy annexes Albania 1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma, Italy, director, Last Tango in Paris 1939 Sandro Lopopolia, Italy, lightweight boxer, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics 1939 Rosanna Schiaffino, Genoa Italy, actress, Minotaur, Mazzabubu 1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver 1939 Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis 1939 Italy invades Albania 1938 Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian 1938 Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws 1938 Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director, Festival, Bix, Impiegati 1938 Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School 1938 Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris 1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations 1937 Virna Lisi, Italy, actress, Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard 1937 Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 1937 Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director, Berlin Affair 1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco 1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis" 1936 Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina 1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy 1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy 1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer and actress, Cinderfella 1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia) 1936 Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1935 Luciano Pavarotti, born in Italy, Italian operatic tenor 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia 1935 Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker 1964 Olympic gold 1935 Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly 1935 Renata Scotto, born in Savona, Italy, singer, soprano, performed La Traviata at age 18, received 15 curtain calls performing Walter in La Wally at La Scala, 1953, directs opera and teaches at her opera academy in Italy, New York 1934 Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo 1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome 1934 Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1934 Bettino Craxi, Italy's 1st socialist premier, 1983-87 1934 Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982 1933 Italy and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement 1933 Gian Maria Volonte, born in Milan Italy, actor, Fistful of Dollars 1932 Valentino, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis 1932 Elsa Martinelli, Grosseto Italy, actress, Indian Fighter 1932 Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo 1932 Pier Angeli, born in Italy, Sodom and Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge 1932 Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer 1931 Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics bronze 1931 Monica Vitti, [Ceciarelli], Rome, Italy, actress, Tigers in Lipstick 1931 Lucianna Paluzzi, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Five Fingers, Thunderball 1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier, World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75 1931 Marta Marzotto, Italy, countess 1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America 1930 Ugo Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, actor, Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty 1930 Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed 1930 Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas 1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1929 Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy, 1985- 1929 Elio Petri, Italy, director, Property is no theft 1928 Ennio Morricone, Rome, Italy, composer/musician 1928 Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress, Masquerade Party 1928 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921), dies 1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) 1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, Prime Minister of Italy, 1988 - 1989 1928 Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder, Olympic-2 golds-1968 1928 Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker, Polignano A Mare 1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress, Go For Broke 1927 Gina Lollobrigida, born in Subiaco, Italy, actress, Trapeze, Falcon Crest 1927 Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy 1927 Ettore Manni, Rome, Italy, actor, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell 1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank 1926 Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy 1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy 1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy 1926 Italy signs treaty with Yemen 1926 Erico Menczer, Fiume, Italy, cinematographer, Chosen, Miranda 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1926 Cesare Danova, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Garrison's Gorillas 1925 Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) 1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 1925 Luciano Berio, born in Oneglia, Italy, composer, Chemins 1925 Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner 1925 Enzo Stuarti, born in Italy, singer, Yesterday 1925 Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress, Kidnap Syndicate 1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Rome, Italy, actor, 8, La Dolce Vita 1924 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo 1924 Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled 1948 Olympics gold 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament 1924 South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1924 Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer, Canonic Variations 1924 Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy 1923 All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy 1923 Franco Corelli, born in Anconia, Italy, tenor, Don Jose-Carmen 1923 Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director, Romeo and Juliet 1923 Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera 1923 Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy 1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini 1922 Francesco Rosi, Naples Italy, director, Lucky Luciano 1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1922 Mussolini forms government in Italy 1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1922 Vittorio Gassman, born in Genoa, Italy, actor, War and Peace 1922 Italy's general strike against fascist violence 1922 Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue 1922 German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized 1922 Ugo Tognazzi, born in Cremona, Italy, actor and director, La Cage Aux Folles 1922 Pier Paolo Pasolini, born in Bologna, Italy, director, Teorema, Pigsty 1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1922 Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor, All in the Family, LA Law 1922 Renata Tebaldi, Pesaro Italy, lyric soprano 1921 Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini 1921 Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress, Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man 1921 Mary Douglas, born in San Remo, Italy, British anthropologist, wrote about symbolism, human culture 1920 Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1920 Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige) 1920 Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier 1952 Olympics gold 1920 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell 1920 Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik 1920 Federico Fellini, born in Rimini, Italy, dir, 8, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita 1920 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist 1919 John Secondari, Rome, Italy, newscaster, Open Hearing 1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation 1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong 1919 Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, Survival in Aushchwitz 1919 Lino Ventura, born in Parma, Italy, actor, Happy New Year 1919 Nitti government forms in Italy 1919 Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York 1919 Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, epee 1952 Olympics gold 1919 Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy 1919 Fascist Party forms in Italy by Benito Mussolini 1919 Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier, Italy 1918 Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer, Holiday for Lovers 1917 Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey 1917 Patricia Burke, born in Milan, Italy, actress, Forbidden 1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy 1916 Guido Turchi, Rome, Italy, composer, Invettiva 1916 Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress, Attack and Retreat 1916 Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor and director, Antaeus-Survivors 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1916 Elsa Morante, Italy, writer, L'isola di Arturo 1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1916 Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor, El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon 1915 Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver, Olympic-1948, 52 1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Italy declares war on Turkey 1915 Mariano Rumor, premier Italy 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary and Germany during WW I 1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 29,800 1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party 1914 Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor and director, Divorce Italian Style 1914 Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo 1948 Olympics gold 1914 Giorgio Almirante, born in Italy, fascist, member of parliament, 1948-87, 1914 Fiorenzo Marini, born in Italy, epee, 1960 Olympics gold 1913 Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women 1913 Licia Albanese, born in Bari, Italy, operatic soprano, New York Met Opera 1912 Michelangelo Antonioni, born in Ferrara, Italy, Italian modernist film director, 'Blow-up', 'Red Desert' 1911 Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer, Torquemada 1911 New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy 1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Italy declares war on Turkey 1911 Gian Carlo Menotti, born in Italy, composer, librettist, Pulitzer Prize winner 1910 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy) 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1908 Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die 1908 Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) 1908 Giacomo Manzu, Italy, sculptor, St. Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize 1908 Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay and Montgomery 1908 Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy 1908 George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor, Count of Monte Cristo 1907 Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor, Lure of Sila 1907 Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental 1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF 1906 Andreina Pagnani, Rome, Italy, actress, Il Commandante 1906 Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice 1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 Roberto Rossellini, Rome, Italy, director, Open City 1905 Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor, Here's to Romance 1905 Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orchestra leader, Mantovani 1905 Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic, Byron in Italy 1905 Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors 1904 Umberto II, van Piemonte, king of Italy, 1946 1904 Goffredo Petrassi, born in Zagarolo, Italy, composer, Beatitudines 1904 Fosco Giachetti, born in Livorno, Italy, actor, Wastrel, We the Living 1902 Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and NJ 1902 Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist, Of Fear and Freedom 1902 Franco Giorgetti, Italy, cyclist, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics 1902 Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor, 2 Women 1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer, Fiat 1901 Salvatore Quasimodo, Italy, poet, critic and translator Nobel 1959 1901 Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor, Les Miserables, Naked Maja 1901 Mario Scelba, premier Italy, 1954-55 1900 General Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy 1900 World's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Italy and Switzerland, opens 1900 Ignazio Silone, Italy, novelist/politician, Bread and Wine 1899 Al Capone, Italy, gangster, Chicago bootlegging 1898 Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy, 1964-71 1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer, Ferrari 1898 Toto, Antonio de Curtis, Naples Italy, actor, Motorizzate, Noi Duri 1897 Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace 1896 Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty 1896 Eugenio Montale, born in Italy, poet/translator, Xenia-Nobel 1975 1896 Sandro Pertini, president Italy 1896 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress, Julietta 1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32 1895 Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta, Italy, sheik/actor, Eagle 1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Firenze, Florence, Italy, composer 1894 Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday 1893 Carlo Emilio Gadda, born in Milan, Italy, writer, poet, innovator of pre-war Italian language with dialects, jargon, wordplay 1893 Palmiro Togliatti, founder, Communist Party of Italy 1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms 1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1892 Giorgio Cesana, born in Italy, coxswain, Olympics gold 1906 1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno 1892 Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book 1892 Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress, Odette, Assunta Spina 1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs, 1946-47 1891 Antonio Segni, premier/president, Italy 1890 Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor, Enzo-La Gioconde 1889 Edward Ciannelli, Ischia Italy, actor, You Can't Escape Forever 1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale 1889 Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer, La Rondine 1888 Italy and Spain sign military covenant 1888 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general, WW I/Italy/Netherland 1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great Britain signs military treaty of Balkan 1887 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor, Waldo-Johnny Staccato 1887 Giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy 1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy 1885 George S Patton, U.S. general, Sicily/Italy/Normandy, "Old Blood and Guts" 1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Montagnana Italy, opera singer, New York Met 1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Amedeo Modigliani, born in Italy, painter/sculptor, Reclining Nude 1883 Shocks triggered by volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000 1883 Alfredo Casella, born in Turin, Italy, composer, La Giara 1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany 1882 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano, Cave of the Winds 1882 St. Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens 1882 Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer, La Voce, La Cultura Italiano 1881 John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope, 1958-63 1881 Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer, Nietzsche in Italy 1881 Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer, Il Diavolo 1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed 1879 Ottorino Respighi, born in Bologna, Italy, composer, Pines of Rome 1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer 1875 Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist, Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926 1875 Giovanni and Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins 1874 Guglielmo Marconi, born in Bologna, Italy, inventor, radio, Nobel 1909 1874 Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy, 1948-55 1873 Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor, Faust 1873 Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias 1872 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66 1871 Pietro Badoglio, Italy, general/Libya Governor, 1928 - 1933, Prime Minister of Italy, 1943 - 1944 1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree 1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1870 Maria Montessori, Italy, educator, spontaneous response 1869 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, 1900-46, Ethiopia 1867 Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer, 6 Characters-Nobel 1934 1867 Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC 1866 Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia 1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1866 Italy declares war on Austria 1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino 1866 Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher 1863 Gabriele D'Annunzio, born in Italy, writer and military hero, Intruder 1862 San Marino and Italy conclude treaty of friendship and cooperation 1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed 1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy 1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy 1860 Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier, 1917-19 1859 Elenora Duse, Italy, actress, Hedda Gabler 1858 Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer, La Boheme, La Tosca 1858 Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician 1858 Giovanni Segantini, Italy, painter 1857 Earthquake in Naples, Italy 1857 Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope, 1922-39 1855 Composer Gioacchino Rossini leaves Italy 1853 Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer 1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer, Political Struggle in Italy 1844 King Umberto I, of Italy, 1878-1900 1843 Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist, Nobel 1906 1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy 1842 Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy, 1892..1921 1835 Giosue Carducci, born in Italy, poet, Nobel 1906 1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars 1834 Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy," premieres 1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer, I Lituani 1834 Lord Acton, John Dalberg-Acton, born in Naples, Italy, English historian and MP 1833 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize 1907 1828 Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy 1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence, Italy, nurse, Crimean War 1820 Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, 1849-61, Italy, 1861-78 1815 Joachim Murats forces lands at Pizzo, Italy 1810 Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM 1807 Giuseppe Garibaldi, freedom fighter, Risorgimento, unified Italy 1805 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1798 Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews 1796 Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy 1796 General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy 1796 Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians 1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro, Italy, composer, Barber of Seville 1785 Alessandro Manzoni, born in Italy, poet and novelist, Betrothed 1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy) 1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet, Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis 1777 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1769 Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies 1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806 1765 Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari/Mauro], Italy, Pope 1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet, Italy, a poem 1761 Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italy, 253rd Pope, 1829-30 1760 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope, 1823-29 1750 Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer, Tatare 1743 Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer 1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist 1740 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer, Bodoni 1737 Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist 1718 Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xy=a, a-y 1717 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope, 1775 - 1799 1714 Niccolo Jommelli, Italy, composer 1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright, Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges 1705 Farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato 1692 Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, born in Italy, violinist and composer, Trillo del Diavolo 1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist 1675 Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope, 1740-58 1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000 1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer, Tigrane 1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer, Concert Grossi op 8 1655 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope, 1721-24 1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder 1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist and composer, Concerto Grossi 1652 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italy, Pope, 1730 - 1740 1649 Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope, 1700-21 1649 Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope, 1724 - 1730 1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy 1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer, Bellerophen 1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer 1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope, 1676-89 1610 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope, 1689 - 1691 1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope, 1667-69 1599 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope, 1655-67 1598 Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor, St. Teresa in Ecstasy 1598 Genoa Italy expels Jews 1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 1596 Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker, Stradivari and Guarneri 1590 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope, 1670-76 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1576 Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer, Storia delguerre civili Francia 1573 Caravaggio, Italy, painter 1573 Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter 1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1567 Genoa Italy expels Jews 1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer, L'Orfeo 1564 Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa, Italy, astronomer and physicist 1562 Gabriel Fallopius, Modena Italy, anatomist, dies 1561 Santorio Sanctorius, born in Trieste, Italy, physician and herectic, burned at stake 1553 Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician, De Medocoma Aegyptorum 1552 Paul V, [Camillo Borghese], Italy, Pope, 1605-21 1550 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy 1544 Torquato Tasso, born in Italy, Renaissance poet, Aminta, Apologia 1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician, De Formato Foetu 1536 Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope, 1592-1605 1535 Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1605 1526 Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian, Vasari's Lives 1510 Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy 1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1501 Girolamo Cardano, born in Italy, mathematician and astrologer, Ars Magna-1545 1501 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope, 1555, 22 days 1498 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy 1494 Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy 1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter, Sepulture of Christ 1492 Pietro Aretino, born in Arezzo, Italy, Italian author, poet and playwright 1486 Andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter, Recollets 1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar, On the Subtlety of Things 1483 Raphael, born in Urbino, Italy, painter, School of Athens 1478 Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1523-34 1475 Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope, 1513 - 1521 1474 Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet, Orlando Furioso 1470 Charles VIII, King of France, 1483-98, invaded Italy 1469 Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer, Prince 1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist 1452 Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary 1449 Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy, renaissance painter 1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet, Morgante 1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope, 1464-71 1404 Leon Battista Alberti, born in Genoa, Italy, Italian authors, poet, philosopher, and architect, 'Della Pittura' 1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden 1397 Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope, 1447-55 1382 Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy 1380 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist 1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy 1304 Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet, Italia Mia 1223 St. Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy) 1208 St. Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula Italy 1194 Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily 1158 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy 1026 Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy 1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy 1004 Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy 966 Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) 951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy 950 Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies 947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies 924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered 876 Charles becomes king of Italy 875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) 554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies 493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy 493 Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies 452 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun |
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