Italy On This Day

Zanetta Farussi – actress Venetian performer who gave birth to a legendary womaniser Zanetta Farussi, the comedy actress who was the mother ...

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...