1750 Event Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua 1750 Event Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffe," premieres in Mantua 1635 Event Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan 1631 Event Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua 1630 Event Spanish troops occupy Mantua 1627 Death Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies 1608 Event Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua 1607 Event Claudio Monteverdi's opera "Orfeo," premieres in Mantua 1459 Event Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua
