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Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

Timeline of Events

1607

1.13.1607

The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.

1746

12.5.1746

Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.

1860

5.5.1860

Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.

1970

9.19.1970

Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of Geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.