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On This Day in Italy


September


September 1st
1271: Election in Viterbo of Pope Gregory X (r. 1271-76), after the longest conclave in history. The conclave lasted almost three years. 
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1529: Birth in Urbino of the painter Taddeo Zuccari (d. 1566).

September 2nd
1548: Birth in Vicenza of the architect and writer on architecture Vincenzo Scamozzi (d. 1616). 
Portrait of Vincenzo Scamozzi by Paolo Veronese
Vincenzo Scamozzi by Paolo Veronese

September 3rd
​1602: Death, in Rome, of the sculptor and architect Giacomo della Porta (b. 1532). 

1695: Birth in Bergamo of the virtuoso violinist and composer Pietro Locatelli (d. 1764).

September 4th
476: Romulus Augustus (c. 465 - after 511), nicknamed Augustulus, the last Roman emperor of the west, was overthrown by Odoacer and sent into exile. He had reigned for little under a year. 

September 6th
1475: Birth in Bologna of the architect Sebastiano Serlio (d. 1554). A three-part window, which is made up of a large, arched central light flanked by two narrower and shorter rectangular lights, is often known as a Serlian window. 

1577: Birth in Carrara of the sculptor Pietro Tacca (d. 1640).

2007: Death in Modena of the tenor Luciano Pavarotti (b. 1935). 
An example of a Serlian window, Palazzo Pamphilj, Rome
An example of a Serlian window in Rome

September 8th
1296: The first stone of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Cathedral of Florence, was laid. 

1474: Birth in Reggio Emilia of the poet Ludovico Ariosto (d. 1533).

1504: Michelangelo's statue of David was unveiled in Florence's Piazza della Signoria. The statue remained in the piazza until 1873, when it was moved to the Galleria dell' Accademia.

1943: The Italian government announced that an armistice had been agreed with the Allied forces. 
Head of David by Michelangelo, Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence
David, Galleria dell' Accademia, Florence

September 9th
1737: Birth in Bologna of the scientist Luigi Galvani (d. 1798), who, in 1780, discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. 
Portrait of the scientist Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani

September 10th
1482: Death of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (b. 1422), one of the most famous mercenaries of his age and a major patron of the arts. 
Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca
Federico da Montefeltro by Piero della Francesca

September 11th
1599: Execution in Rome of Beatrice Cenci (b. 1577), who was convicted of murdering her father, Count Francesco Cenci. She was beheaded after a lurid murder trial, which gave rise to an enduring legend about her.  Beatrice Cenci was buried in the church of San Pietro in Montorio. Her tragic death inspired the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to write The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts (1819). 
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci attributed to Guido Reni, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci attributed to Guido Reni

September 12th
​1943: German paratroopers and Waffen-SS commandos rescued the deposed Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini from custody on the Gran Sasso, in Abruzzo.

September 13th
81 CE: Death of Emperor Titus (r. 79-81). During his reign, Titus completed the Colosseum, which had been begun by his father, the emperor Vespasian (r. 69-79).   

1506: Death in Mantua of the painter Andrea Mantegna (b. 1431). 


1583: Baptism (d.o.b. unknown) in Ferrara of the composer Girolamo Frescobaldi (d. 1643). 
Bust of Mantegna by Cavalli
Bust of Mantegna by Gian Marco Cavalli

September 14th
1322: Death in Ravenna of the poet Dante Aligheri (b. 1265). 

1523: Death of Pope Adrian VI (r. 1522-23), the last non-Italian to be elected pontiff for almost 500 years. He is buried in the church of Santa Maria dell' Anima. 
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1760: Birth in Florence of the composer Luigi Cherubini (d. 1842). 
Tomb of Dante Aligheri, Ravenna
Tomb of Dante Aligheri, Ravenna

September 15th
1254: Birth of the Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo (d. 1324).  

1616: 
 José de Calasanz (1557-1648), a Spanish priest, opened in Frascati the first free public school in Europe. 
Plaque to Marco Polo, Venice
Plaque to Marco Polo, Venice

September 16th
1782: Death, in Bologna, of the celebrated castrato Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (b. 1705), better known as Farinelli.  
Portrait of Farinelli (1734) by Bartolomeo Nazari, Royal College of Music, London
Farinelli (1734) by Bartolomeo Nazari

September 17th
​1771: Death of the Scottish writer Tobias Smollett (b. 1721), who is buried in the Tuscan city of Livorno.

September 18th
​96 CE: Assassination of the Emperor Domitian (r. 81-96) in his palace on the Palatine hill. 
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1587: Birth in Florence of the composer and singer Francesca Caccini (d. 1640). Known locally as la Cecchina, she was the daughter of the composer Giulio Caccini (1551-1618). 

September 19th
​1985: Death in Siena of the novelist Italo Calvino (b. 1923), who penned Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore (If On a Winter's Night a Traveller). 

September 20th
​1870: The Capture of Rome. Italian troops occupied the city, leading to the end of Papal rule and the eventual incorporation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy.

September 21st
19 BCE: Death of the poet Publius Vergilius Maro (b. 70 BCE), known in English as Virgil, author of the epic poem The Aeneid.      
Monument to the Latin poet Virgil, Mantua
Monument to Virgil, Mantua

September 23rd
63 BCE: Birth of Gaius Octavian, who, as Augustus, would become Rome's first emperor (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE).  
head-of-the-emperor-augustus-vatican-museums-rome
Head of Augustus, Vatican Museums

September 25th
​1534: Death of Pope Clement VII (r. 1523-34). 
Portrait of Pope Clement VII by Sebastiano del Piombo
Clement VII by Sebastiano del Piombo

September 27th
1599: Birth of the architect Francesco Borromini. Borromini was born in Bissone, now a small town in Switzerland but then part of the Duchy of Lombardy. 

September 29th
106 BCE: Birth of the general & politician Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (d. 48 BCE), known in English as Pompey the Great. 
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29 CE: Death of Livia Drusilla (b. 59 BCE), who, as the wife of Augustus, was empress from 27 BCE to 14 CE. 
Statue of Pompey, Palazzo del Sodalizio Teutonico dell' Anima, Rome
19th Century Statue of Pompey, Rome

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    • Braccio Nuovo
    • Cappella Niccolina
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    • Gallery of the Maps
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    • Greek Cross Hall
    • Picture Gallery
    • Pius-Clementine Museum
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    • Room of the Immaculate Conception
    • Sala di Costantino
    • Sala dei Chiaroscuri
    • Stanza della Segnatura
    • Stanza di Eliodoro
    • Stanza dell' Incendio
  • Sistine Chapel
    • South Wall
    • North Wall
    • East Wall
    • Ceiling
    • Last Judgement
  • Fountains
    • A Miscellany of Fountains
    • Trevi Fountain
    • Bernini's Fountains
    • Fontana della Barcaccia
    • Fontana della Peschiera
    • Fontana Sallustiana
    • Fountain in Piazza Colonna
    • Fountain in Piazza delle Cinque Scole
    • Fountain in Piazza dell' Aracoeli
    • Fountain in Piazza Nicosia
    • Fountain in Piazza di S.M. in Trastevere
    • Fountain of Moses
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountain of Ponte Sisto
    • Fountain of the Acqua Paola
    • Fountain of the Bees
    • Fountain of the Cannonball
    • Fountain of the Frogs
    • Fountain of the Four Rivers
    • Fountain of the Goddess Roma
    • Fountain of the Lateran Obelisk
    • Fountain of the Little Barrel
    • Fountain of the Mask
    • Fountain of the Moor
    • Fountain of the Naiads
    • Fountain of the Pantheon
    • Fountains of Piazza Farnese
    • Fountains of Piazza del Popolo
    • Fountain of Piazza Viminale
    • Fountain of Ponte Sisto
    • Fountain of the Porter
    • Fountain of the Seahorses
    • Fountains of St Peter's Square
    • Fountain of the Triton
    • Fountain of the Tritons
    • Fountain of the Tureen
    • Fountain of the Turtles
    • Fountains of the Two Seas
    • Fountains of Valle Giulia
    • Four Fountains
    • Rioni Fountains
    • Street Fountains
    • Venice Marries the Sea
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  • Churches
    • Top Ten Churches
    • Churches by Location
    • Little-known Churches
    • Cosmatesque Pavements
    • Funerary Monuments
    • Chiesa del Gesù >
      • Chapel of St Ignatius
    • Chiesa di Gesù e Maria
    • Chiesa Nuova
    • Domine Quo Vadis
    • Lateran Baptistery
    • Re Magi
    • S. Agata dei Goti
    • S. Agata in Trastevere
    • S. Agnese fuori le Mura
    • S. Agnese in Agone
    • S. Agostino
    • S. Alessio
    • S. Anastasia al Palatino
    • S. Andrea al Quirinale
    • S. Andrea della Valle
    • S. Andrea delle Fratte
    • S. Angelo in Pescheria
    • S. Anna dei Palafrenieri
    • S. Antonio dei Portoghesi
    • S. Apollinare
    • Ss. Apostoli
    • S. Balbina
    • S. Barbara dei Librai
    • S. Bartolomeo all' Isola
    • S. Benedetto in Piscinula
    • S. Bernardo alle Terme
    • S. Bibiana
    • S. Brigida
    • S. Carlo ai Catinari
    • S. Carlo al Corso
    • S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
    • S. Caterina a Magnanopoli
    • S. Caterina dei Funari
    • S. Caterina da Siena
    • S. Cecilia in Trastevere
    • Ss. Celso e Giuliano
    • S. M. in Monticelli
    • Ss. Claudio e Andrea
    • S. Clemente >
      • Cappella Castiglione
    • Ss. Cosma e Damiano
    • S. Crisogono
    • S. Costanza
    • S. Croce in Gerusalemme >
      • Chapel of St Helen
    • Ss. Domenico e Sisto
    • S. Dorotea
    • S. Eusebio
    • S. Eustachio
    • S. Francesco a Ripa >
      • Cappella Altieri
      • Cappella Rospigliosi-Pallavicini
    • S. Francesca Romana
    • S. Giacomo degli Spagnoli
    • S. Giorgio in Velabro
    • S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
    • S. Giovanni Decollato
    • S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini
    • S. Giovanni della Pigna
    • Ss. Giovanni e Paolo
    • S. Giovanni in Laterano >
      • Cappella Corsini
      • Cappella Lancellotti
    • S. Girolamo dei Croati
    • S. Girolamo della Carità >
      • Cappella Antamoro
      • Cappella Spada
    • S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi
    • S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami
    • S. Gregorio Magno
    • S. Ignazio di Loyola
    • S. Ivo alla Sapienza
    • S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • S. Lorenzo in Damaso
    • S. Lorenzo in Lucina
    • S. Lorenzo in Miranda
    • S. Lucia del Gonfalone
    • S. Luigi dei Francesi >
      • Cappella Contarelli
    • Ss. Luca e Martina
    • Ss. Marcellino e Pietro
    • S. Marcello al Corso
    • S. Marco
    • S. Maria ad Martyres
    • S. Maria ai Monti
    • S. Maria Annunziata
    • S. Maria degli Angeli
    • S. Maria dei Miracoli
    • S. Maria della Concezione
    • S. Maria del Popolo >
      • Cappella Cerasi
      • Cappella Chigi
    • S. Maria dei Sette Dolori
    • S. Maria del Priorato
    • S. Maria della Consolazione
    • S. Maria della Pace >
      • Chigi Chapel
      • Cloister of Bramante
    • S. Maria della Scala
    • S. Maria della Vittoria >
      • Cappella Cornaro
    • S. Maria delle Grazie
    • S. Maria dell' Anima
    • S. Maria dell' Orazione e Morte
    • S. Maria dell' Orto
    • S. Maria di Loreto
    • S. Maria in Aracoeli >
      • Cappella Bufalini
    • S. Maria in Aquiro
    • S. Maria in Campitelli
    • S. Maria in Cosmedin
    • S. Maria in Domnica
    • S. Maria in Monserrato
    • S. Maria in Montesanto
    • S. Maria in Traspontina
    • S. Maria in Trastevere >
      • Cappella Altemps
    • S. Maria in Trivio
    • S. Maria in Via
    • S. Maria in Via Lata
    • S. Maria Maddalena
    • S. Maria Maggiore >
      • Baptistery
      • Cappella Paolina
      • Cappella Sistina
    • S. Maria sopra Minerva >
      • Cappella Carafa
      • Chapel of the Annunciation
    • S. Maria Scala Coeli
    • S. Martino ai Monti
    • Ss. Nereo e Achilleo
    • S. Nicola da Tolentino
    • S. Nicola dei Lorenesi
    • S. Nicola in Carcere
    • Ss. Nome di Maria
    • S. Onofrio al Gianicolo
    • S. Pancrazio
    • S. Pantaleo
    • S. Paolo alla Regola
    • S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane
    • S. Paolo fuori le Mura
    • S. Pasquale Baylon
    • S. Pietro in Montorio
    • S. Pietro in Vincoli
    • S. Prassede
    • S. Prisca
    • S. Pudenziana
    • Ss. Quattro Coronati
    • S. Rita da Cascia
    • S. Rocco
    • S. Saba
    • S. Sabina >
      • Chapel of St Catherine
      • Chapel of St Hyacinth
    • S. Salvatore in Lauro
    • S. Salvatore in Onda
    • S. Sebastiano fuori le Mura >
      • Cappella Albani
    • S. Silvestro in Capite
    • S. Sisto Vecchio
    • S. Spirito in Sassia
    • S. Stanislao dei Polacchi
    • S. Stefano Rotondo
    • Ss Stimmate di San Francesco
    • Ss. Sudario dei Piemontesi
    • S. Susanna
    • Ss. Trinità degli Spagnoli
    • Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini
    • Ss. Trinità di Monti
    • Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
    • Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio
    • S. Vitale
  • Cloisters
  • Palatine
  • Forum
    • Arch of Septimius Severus
    • Arch of Titus
    • Basilica of Maxentius
    • Curia Julia
    • Temple of Antoninus Pius
    • Temple of Castor and Pollux
    • Temple of Saturn
    • Temple of Venus and Rome
    • Temple of Vespasian and Titus
    • Temple of Vesta
  • Ancient Monuments
    • Aqueducts
    • Ara Pacis
    • Arch of Constantine
    • Arch of Drusus
    • Arch of Gallienus
    • Arch of Janus
    • Arch of the Money-Changers
    • Aurelian Walls
    • Baths of Caracalla
    • Baths of Diocletian
    • Castel Sant' Angelo
    • Catacombs of Domitilla
    • Circus Maxentius
    • Circus Maximus
    • Colosseum
    • Column of Marcus Aurelius
    • Column of Trajan
    • Forum of Augustus
    • Forum of Trajan
    • Mausoleum of Augustus
    • Nymphaeum
    • Pantheon
    • Ponte Fabricio
    • Ponte Milvio
    • Ponte Rotto
    • Ponte Sant' Angelo
    • Porta Maggiore
    • Porta San Paolo
    • Porta San Sebastiano
    • Portico of Octavia
    • Pyramid of Cestius
    • Temple of Hadrian
    • Temple of Hercules
    • Temple of Jupiter
    • Temple of Portunus
    • Theatre of Balbus
    • Theatre of Marcellus
    • Theatre of Pompey
    • Tomb of Caecilia Metella
    • Via Appia
  • Obelisks
    • 'Minerveo' Obelisk
    • 'Flaminio' Obelisk
    • 'Matteiano' Obelisk
    • 'Lateran' Obelisk
    • 'Dogali' Obelisk
    • 'Macuteo' Obelisk
    • 'Solare' Obelisk
    • 'Vatican' Obelisk
    • 'Agonalis' Obelisk
    • 'Sallustiano' Obelisk
    • 'Quirinale' Obelisk
    • 'Esquiline' Obelisk
    • 'Pinciano' Obelisk
    • 'Mediceo' Obelisk
    • 'Torlonia' Obelisks
    • 'Mussolini' Obelisk
    • 'Marconi' Obelisk
  • Mosaics
    • Sant' Agnese fuori le Mura
    • Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
    • San Clemente
    • Santa Costanza
    • Santa Francesca Romana
    • San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
    • San Marco
    • Santa Maria in Domnica
    • Santa Maria in Trastevere
    • Santa Maria Maggiore
    • Santa Prassede >
      • San Zenone
    • Santa Pudenziana
    • Santo Stefano Rotondo
    • San Teodoro
    • San Venanzio
    • Santi Cosma e Damiano
    • Santi Nereo e Achilleo
  • Palaces
    • Palazzo Barberini
    • Palazzo dei Conservatori
    • Palazzo del Quirinale
    • Palazzo della Cancelleria
    • Palazzo della Consulta
    • Palazzo delle Esposizioni
    • Palazzo Farnese
    • Palazzo Farnesina
    • Palazzo di Giustizia
    • Palazzo Laterano
    • Palazzo Madama
    • Palazzo Spada
    • Palazzo Venezia
    • Palazzo Zuccari
    • Villa Giulia
    • Villa Farnesina
    • Villa Medici
  • Galleries & Museums
    • Baths of Diocletian
    • Capitoline Museums
    • Etruscan Museum
    • Galleria Borghese
    • Galleria Colonna
    • Galleria Doria-Pamphilj
    • Palazzo Altemps
    • Palazzo Massimo
  • Piazzas
    • Campo de' Fiori
    • Piazza Augusto Imperatore
    • Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
    • Piazza del Campidoglio
    • Piazza del Popolo
    • Piazza del Quirinale
    • Piazza della Repubblica
    • Piazza Farnese
    • Piazza Navona
    • Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
  • Miscellaneous
    • A Calendar of Saints
    • A Literary Tour of Rome
    • Antico Caffè Greco
    • Babington's Tea Rooms
    • Barberini Bees
    • Borromini & the Baroque
    • Catacombs
    • Column of the Immaculate Conception
    • Domes
    • Equestrian Statues
    • EUR >
      • Museum of Roman Civilisation
    • Fasces
    • Flood Plaques
    • Galleria Sciarra
    • House of the Owls
    • Jewish Ghetto
    • Knights of Malta
    • Mithraism
    • Monumental Complex of S. Spirito in Sassia
    • Nolli Map of Rome
    • Ponte Sisto
    • Porta Pia
    • 'Protestant' Cemetery
    • Quartiere Coppedè
    • Scala Santa
    • Spanish Steps
    • Street Shrines
    • 'Talking' Palaces
    • 'Talking' Statues
    • Tiber Island
    • Views of Rome
    • Villa Borghese
    • Vittoriano
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  • The Bernini Trail
  • Baroque Sculptors
    • Alessandro Algardi
    • Pietro Bracci
    • Ercole Ferrata
    • Domenico Guidi
    • Pierre Le Gros
    • Giuseppe Mazzuoli
    • Antonio Raggi
    • Camillo Rusconi
    • Filippo della Valle
  • Florence
    • A Literary Tour
    • Anna Maria Luisa: Last of the Medici
    • Canons' Palace
    • Casa-Galleria Vichi
    • Column of Justice
    • Column of St Zenobius
    • Cosimo I de' Medici
    • Cosimo II de' Medici
    • Costanza Bonarelli
    • David With Fig Leaf
    • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    • Equestrian Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici
    • Equestrian Statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici
    • Festina Lente
    • Flood Plaques
    • Fontana del Bacchino
    • Fontana dei Puttini
    • Fountain of Neptune
    • Fountains of the Marine Monsters
    • Gian Gastone de' Medici
    • Girolamo Savonarola
    • Images of the Annunciation
    • Little Devil
    • Monument to Cellini
    • Palazzo Bartolini-Salimbeni
    • Palazzo Bianca Cappello
    • Palazzo Fenzi
    • Palazzo Viviani
    • Perseus and Medusa
    • Piazza Santa Maria Novella
    • Pope Leo XI
    • Porta della Mandorla
    • Rape of the Sabine Woman
    • Santa Maria Novella
    • Statue of Dante
    • Theft of the Century
    • Torre del Arnolfo
    • Twelve Good Men
    • Villa Gamberaia
    • Wheel of the Innocents
    • 'Wine Windows'
  • Lazio
    • Bomarzo: Parco dei Mostri
    • Viterbo: Santa Rosa
  • Tuscany
    • Arezzo: Giorgio Vasari
    • Lucca: Puccini
    • Pistoia: Ospedale del Ceppo
    • Siena: The Balzana
    • Siena: The Palio
  • Venice
    • 421: Foundation of Venice
    • Acqua Alta
    • Bartolomeo Colleoni
    • Barque of Dante
    • Caffè Florian
    • Daniele Manin
    • Flagpoles
    • Giustina Rossi
    • Gondolas
    • Harry's Bar
    • Henry James
    • House of Three Eyes
    • Island of Lace
    • King Victor Emmanuel II
    • Map of Venice
    • Martinmas
    • Master of the House
    • Palazzo Contarini Fasan
    • Ponte Borgoloco
    • Ponte Chiodo
    • Punta del Dogana
    • Scacciadiavoli
    • Shrine of St Lucia
    • Sior Antonio Rioba
    • The 'Book Shitter'
    • The Lion's Mouth
    • Tommaso Rangone
    • Torcello
    • Venus
    • 'Viennese Oranges'
    • Wellheads
    • Winged Lions