The 24th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.
Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.
The 22nd June 1633 saw Galileo Galilei, the famed scientist, was found “vehemently suspect of heresy” by the Papal Inquisition and forced to recant his belief in the heliocentric universe originally put forward by Copernicus ninety years previously.
On the 2nd June 1946, Italians voted in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic.
On the 23rd May 1915, Italy entered the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente and declared war on Austria-Hungary.
Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy formed the Triple Alliance.
On the 27th April 1509, Pope Julius II excommunicated the entire republic of Venice.
The Pazzi family in Florence launched their unsuccessful plot to overthrow the Medici family with an assassination attempt against the brothers Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici.
On the 21st April 753 BC, the ancient city of Rome was founded.
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