2014 Event The Vatican will install showers for the homeless in public restrooms on the grounds of St. Peter's Square; Archbishop Konrad Krajewski has also requested several local parishes around Rome to do the same 2013 Event Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi speech (to the City of Rome and to the World), a papal address and Apostolic Blessing dating back to Ancient Rome; the Pope calls for peace in Syria and South Sudan 2013 Event In Rome, Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII are canonized by the Vatican, becoming saints 2013 Event In Rome, one hundred thousand protestors rally against their new government's austerity measures, and demand a new policy focused on job creation 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, Giulio Andreotti, seven-time prime minister of Italy, dies at age 94 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend 2013 Event In Rome, Italy, Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2013 Event More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy, to begin the process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2012 Event At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica 2011 Event In Rome, Italy, over 500,000 people demonstrate, demanding same-sex rights 2009 Event Tens of thousands in Rome, Italy, participate in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi 2007 Death Michelangelo Antonioni, dies in Rome, Italy, at 94 1997 Event Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site 1996 Death Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991, dies at 51 1995 Death Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89 1993 Event Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome 1993 Death Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 1993 Event Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1992 Death Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies 1992 Death Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies 1991 Event Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome 1991 Death Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 1990 Event Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome 1989 Death Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome 1988 Event 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome 1987 Event Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17) 1987 Event Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome 1986 Event Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue 1986 Event 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1985 Event Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi 1984 Event Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome 1984 Death Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 1983 Event 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) 1982 Event Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead 1981 Event Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome to life 1980 Death Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 1977 Event SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome 1977 Event Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome 1975 Birthday Asia Argento, born in Rome, Italy, actress, director, films include, 'La Chiesa', 'Trauma', 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Scarlet Diva', 'Red Siren' 1972 Event Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy) 1972 Event Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth" 1971 Event Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1969 Birthday Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1969 Event Rome: 2nd bishop synod 1969 Birthday Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1968 Event Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1967 Birthday Valeria Marini, Rome, Italy, sports commentator, Italian Soccer 1966 Birthday Archi Cianfrocco, Rome, New York, infielder for the San Diego Padres 1965 Birthday Francesca Dellera, Cervellera, Rome, Italy, actress, Capriccio 1964 Birthday Amanda Sandrelli, Rome, Italy, actress, The Key 1964 Event 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome 1964 Birthday Giuseppe Giannini, Rome, Italy, soccer player, Rome A Team 1963 Event 2nd session of Ecumenical council, 'Vatican II,' opens in Rome 1963 Event President Kennedy arrives in Rome 1963 Death Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 1961 Birthday Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist 1960 Event 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy 1960 Event 17th summer olympics opens in Rome 1958 Birthday Pamela Prati, Rome, Italy, Million $ Cap, 1984, actress 1957 Birthday Luca Urbani, Rome, Italy, MD/astronaut, STS-78-alt 1957 Event Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market 1955 Birthday Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife 1954 Birthday Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75 1953 Birthday Arnella Flynn, Rome, Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter 1953 Birthday Eleonora Giorgi, Rome, Italy, actress, Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice 1953 Event Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome 1953 Death Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1952 Birthday Isabella Rossellini, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Big Night, Blue Velvet 1952 Birthday Giuliano Ferrara, born in Rome, Italy, activist, atheist, communist turned Centre-Right and pro-life, admired Pope Benedict XVI 1951 Birthday Silvia Dionisio, Rome, Italy, actress, Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei 1950 Birthday Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976 1947 Event Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome 1946 Birthday Sydne Rome, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, What?, Candy 1946 Event Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in New York City 1946 Event Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!," premieres in Rome 1944 Birthday Dario Bellezza, born in Rome, Italy, poet, author, playwright, associate director of Nuovi argomenti, published texts by Alberto Moravia, won the Viareggio prize in 1976 for Morte segreta, the Gatto prize in 1991 1944 Event Allies march into Rome 1944 Event 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies 1944 Event Nazis pull out of Rome 1944 Event In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians 1944 Event Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1943 Event 1st Jewish transport out of Rome reaches camp Birkenau 1943 Event Anti Jewish riot in Rome 1943 Event Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz 1943 Event German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1943 Event 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome 1943 Event Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome 1943 Event 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1943 Birthday Zoltan Jeney, born in Szolnok, Hungary, composer, minimalist style, studied with Ferenc Farkas in Budapest, Goffredo Petrassi, in Rome 1941 Birthday Marina Ripa, Rome, Italy, countess/writer, My First 40 Years 1940 Birthday Ira von Furstenberg, Virginia Caroline, Rome, Italy, Princess, Monaco 1936 Event Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome 1934 Birthday Sophia Loren, born in Rome, actress, Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid 1934 Event Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome 1934 Event Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome) 1932 Birthday Milly Vitale, born in Rome, actress, 7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler 1931 Birthday Monica Vitti, Ceciarelli, Rome, Italy, actress, Tigers in Lipstick 1931 Birthday Lucianna Paluzzi, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Five Fingers, Thunderball 1930 Birthday Michael Collins, Rome, Major General USAF/astronaut, Gemini 10, Apollo 11 1930 Birthday Ugo Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, actor, Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty 1930 Birthday Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas 1929 Event Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome 1928 Birthday Ennio Morricone, Rome, Italy, composer/musician 1928 Birthday Lina Wertmueller, Arcanguela von Elgg, Rome, actress, 7 Beauties 1927 Birthday Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1927 Birthday 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 Birthday Ettore Manni, Rome, Italy, actor, Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell 1926 Birthday Cesare Danova, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Garrison's Gorillas 1925 Birthday Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner 1924 Birthday Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer, Sins of Rome 1924 Birthday Marcello Mastroianni, Rome, Italy, actor, 8, La Dolce Vita 1924 Birthday Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author, Road to Rome 1922 Event Mussolini marches on Rome 1922 Event Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1921 Birthday Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome 1919 Birthday John Secondari, Rome, Italy, newscaster, Open Hearing 1919 Birthday Alberto Sordi, born in Rome, Italy, actor, Miser, Taxi Driver in New York 1917 Event Domenico Scarlatti and Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome 1916 Birthday Guido Turchi, Rome, Italy, composer, Invettiva 1914 Birthday Kay Medford, born in New York City, actress, Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love 1912 Birthday Renato Rascel, actor, 7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria 1912 Event King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1910 Birthday Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel 1908 Birthday Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome 1908 Birthday Harold Rome, composer, Fanny, Pins and Needles 1907 Birthday Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental 1907 Event Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) 1906 Birthday Andreina Pagnani, Rome, Italy, actress, Il Commandante 1906 Birthday Roberto Rossellini, Rome, Italy, director, Open City 1906 Birthday Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front 1901 Birthday Enrico Fermi, born in Rome, U.S. physicist, gone fission/fermium, Nobel-1938 1900 Birthday Salvatore Baccaloni, born in Rome, actor, Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby 1900 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome 1898 Event Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome) 1898 Event d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome 1896 Birthday Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/Governor-General of Libya, La marcia su Rome 1892 Birthday Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1890 Event Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome 1888 Birthday Donald Calthrop, London, actor, Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express 1879 Birthday Ottorino Respighi, born in Bologna, Italy, composer, Pines of Rome 1870 Event Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree 1870 Event Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1870 Event Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French 1869 Event 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome 1867 Event Garibaldi marches on Rome 1864 Event Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia 1860 Event American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 1853 Event Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome 1849 Event Garibaldi in Rome begins hunger strike 1832 Death Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte, l'aiglon, king of Rome, dies at 21 1821 Death John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome 1820 Birthday Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope, in Rome 1817 Event Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome 1816 Event Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome 1816 Event Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville," premieres in Rome 1811 Birthday Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome 1795 Birthday Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian, History of Rome 1732 Event Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome 1680 Event Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th 1671 Death Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies 1667 Death Georges de Scudery, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65 1633 Event Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1633 Event M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome 1626 Event St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated 1611 Birthday Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome 1601 Event Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome 1583 Death Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake 1556 Death St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome 1532 Event English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1527 Event Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance 1524 Event Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome 1501 Event Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna 1472 Event Zoe Paleologa departs Rome for Moscow 1463 Death Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65 1413 Event King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome 1347 Event Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal 1341 Event Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome 1295 Event Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome 1267 Event Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV 1215 Event 4th Lateran Council (12th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1179 Event 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1165 Event Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome 1139 Event 2nd Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1123 Event 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 1111 Event German King Hendry V arrives at St. Peter, Rome 1105 Event Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary 1083 Event Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St. Peter's Cathedral 1054 Event Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome 1003 Death Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome 875 Event Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome 799 Event Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 537 Event Goths lay siege to Rome 536 Event Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten 455 Event A D Gaiseric and the Vandals sacked Rome 422 Death Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies 417 Event Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome 410 Event Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 410 Event King Alarik I's Visigoten occupies and plunders Rome 404 Event Last gladiator competition in Rome 401 Death Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies 395 Death Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49 394 Death Eugenius, linguistic/anti emperor of Rome (392-94), dies in battle 392 Death Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 383 Death Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 364 Death Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32 363 Death Flavius C Julianus, Apostata, emperor of Rome (361-63), dies 357 Event Emperor Constantius II visits Rome 337 Death Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies 337 Death Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 336 Death Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies 317 Birthday Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome, 337-61 313 Death Gaius G V Maximus, Daia, Emperor of Rome, dies 311 Death Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50 307 Death Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies 306 Event Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome 306 Death Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies 304 Death Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies 284 Event General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome 276 Death Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered 273 Death Felix I, Italian Bishop of Rome, dies (or 274) 267 Death Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies 259 Event Dionysius elected as bishop of Rome, succeeding Sixtus II 258 Death Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded 257 Death Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies 254 Death Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies 235 Event Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down 235 Death Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered 222 Death Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18? 219 Event Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome 218 Death Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 211 Death Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 193 Death Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61 193 Event Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome 192 Death Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 180 Death Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, dies at 58 161 Birthday Lucius A. A. Coomodus, emperor of Rome, 180-91 161 Death Antoninus Pius, Titus Aurelius, emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74 155 Death Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies 135 Event Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome 121 Birthday Marcus Aurelius, born in Rome, Emperor of Rome, 161 - 180 117 Death Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) 98 Death Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 96 Death Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45 89 Event Governor Lucius Antonius Saturninus of Germany becomes emperor of Rome 81 Death Titus Flavius Vespasianus, emperor of Rome (69-81), dies at about 42 70 Event Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem 69 Event General Vespasianus occupies Rome 69 Death Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered 68 Event Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba 65 Event Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem 64 Event Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire 64 Event Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) 37 Birthday Nero Claudius Augustus Germanicus, 5th emperor of Rome, 54-68 37 Death Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77 37 Birthday Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome, 54-68 28 Event Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome 13 Event Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
