476
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489
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8.28.489
Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
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1071
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4.16.1071
Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy.
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1310
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6.9.1310
Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
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1341
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4.14.1341
Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
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1343
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11.25.1343
A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
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1377
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2.3.1377
More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath).
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1497
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2.7.1497
The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
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1498
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1503
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4.28.1503
Important victory of the Great captain at the Battle of Cerignola, ruling a small Spanish armies over a French four times bigger in number, in Cerignola, next Bari, Southern Italy. It is noted as the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
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1509
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4.27.1509
Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
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1582
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10.10.1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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1616
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9.15.1616
The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
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1629
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7.30.1629
An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
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1649
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9.2.1649
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
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1693
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1.11.1693
Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily, Italy. A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
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1786
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8.8.1786
Mont Blanc on the French – Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
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1796
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1800
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1842
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3.9.1842
Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, ''Nabucco'', receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera writers.
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1848
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3.4.1848
Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the ''Statuto Albertino'' that will later represent the first constitution of the '' Regno d'Italia''
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1852
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11.4.1852
Count Camillo Benso di Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont- Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
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1859
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6.24.1859
Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
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1866
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1882
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5.20.1882
The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
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1883
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6.28.1883
In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
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1889
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5.2.1889
Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
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1890
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1896
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3.1.1896
Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo–Ethiopian War.
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