Italy On This Day

Paolo Borsellino - anti-Mafia judge Magistrate slain by Mafia 57 days after colleague Giovanni Falcone Paolo Borsellino, the judge who was ...

NEW - Austria takes control of Venice Soldiers restored calm but became unpopular with the Venetians  Austrian troops took over Venice and ...

Soldiers restored calm but became unpopular with the Venetians  The French troops of Napoleon, pictured arriving in St Mark's square, lo...

Guidobaldo I – Duke of Urbino Military leader headed a cultured court Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, who was to become Duke of Urbino, was born...

Count Vittorio Alfieri – playwright and poet Romantic nobleman inspired the oppressed with his writing Dramatist and poet Count Vittorio Alf...