Italy On This Day

Carlo Camillo Di Rudio - soldier Italian aristocrat who survived Battle of the Little Bighorn Carlo Camillo Di Rudio, a military officer who...

Vesuvius erupts Terrible toll of Europe's worst volcanic catastrophe  Mount Vesuvius erupted on this day in AD 79, burying the Roman ci...

Peppino De Filippo - comedian, actor and playwright Talented Neapolitan who lived in shadow of his brother The playwright and comic actor Pe...

NEW - Clelia Grillo Borromeo Arese – mathematician and natural philosopher Noblewoman made an important geometrical discovery An aristocrat...

Noble woman made an important geometrical discovery Clelia Borromeo Arese was from an aristocratic family but was also an eminent scientist ...