Italy On This Day

Kidnapping of Pope Boniface VIII When the Pope was slapped down by a disgruntled landowner An army, representing King Philip IV of France an...

Andrea Camilleri – author Creator of Inspector Montalbano Writer and film producer Andrea Camilleri, who died in 2019, was born on this day...

NEW - Bernardo Tasso - poet Writer fathered a famous Renaissance literary figure Bernardo Tasso, a prolific poet who served as a courtier t...

Writer fathered a famous Renaissance literary figure Bernardo Tasso was for a time resident poet at the Ducal Palace in Urbino Bernardo Tass...

Luigi Cadorna – Marshall of Italy Tough military leader was blamed for losing crucial battle Luigi Cadorna, a military General who was made ...