Tag: Venice

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27th April 1509: Pope Julius II excommunicates the entire population of Venice

27th April 2023
Tagged as: Excommunication, Italy, Julius II, League of Cambrai, Pope, Venice

The interdict deprived the Venetians of their spiritual salvation, and was therefore a formidable weapon.

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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

25th June 2022
Tagged as: Education, Feminism, Italy, Padua, Philosophy, Renaissance, Venice

Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.

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27th April 1509: Entire republic of Venice excommunicated by the Pope

27th April 2020
Tagged as: France, Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Military, Pope, Spain, Venice, War

On the 27^th April 1509, Pope Julius II excommunicated the entire republic of Venice.