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1989 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59
1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75 1978 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I 1977 Taliesin Jaffe, Venice California, actor, Willy-Hail to the Chief 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Venice Ladies Golf Open 1961 Venice Kong, St. Mary Jamaica, playmate, September, 1985 1956 Stravinsky's "Canticum Sacrum," premieres in Venice 1954 B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice 1953 Eleonora Giorgi, Rome, Italy, actress, Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice 1951 Stravinsky's opera "Rake's Progress," premieres in Venice 1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata 1945 Venice and Mestre were captured by the Allies 1941 Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity 1940 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68 1938 Gary Collins, born in Venice, California, actor, 6th Sense, Home Show 1931 John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone, Death in Venice 1930 Silvana Mangano, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Death in Venice, Barabbas 1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped 1924 Luigi Nono, Venice Italy, composer, Canonic Variations 1920 Dirk Bogarde, born in London, England, actor, Death in Venice, Servant 1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice" 1910 Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor, Death in Venice 1906 Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice 1905 Annunzio Mantovani, born in Venice, Italy, orchestra leader, Mantovani 1903 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X 1903 Ashley Clarke, president, Venice in Peril Fund 1883 Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkure), dies at 69 in Venice 1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer 1874 Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario, Merchant of Venice 1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice 1851 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice 1849 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1844 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice 1830 V Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice 1824 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice 1823 Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice 1750 Carlo Goldoni's "Il teatro comica," premieres in Venice 1718 Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty 1699 Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz 1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter, Fortune Teller 1682 Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer, 4 Seasons 1652 Thomas Otway, England, playwright and poet, Venice Preserved 1649 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice 1630 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague 1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies 1580 Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 1573 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 1571 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League 1540 Venice/Turkey signs peace 1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1527 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice 1511 Pope Julius II/Germany/Ferdinand of Aragon/Venice/Swiss 1510 Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice 1509 Venice recaptures Padua 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice 1509 France declares war on Venice 1508 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) 1499 France and Venice sign treaty against Milan 1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 1358 Dalmatie flees Venice 1177 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III 1094 St. Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice 1085 San Marcos minstery in Venice initiated 421 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded |
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