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July 1st
1618: Birth of the sculptor Cosimo Fancelli (d. 1688). July 3rd 1756: Death of the architect and surveyor Giovanni Battista Nolli (b. 1701), best known for his ichnographic plan of Rome, the Pianta Grande di Roma. July 7th 1573: Death of the architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, who designed the Chiesa del Gesù. July 8th 1593: Birth of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi (d. 1653). July 10th 1686: Death of the sculptor Ercola Ferrata (b. 1610). July 12th 100 BCE: Birth of Julius Caesar (d. 44 BCE). July 13th 1234: Canonisation of St Dominic by Pope Gregory IX (r. 1227-41). July 15th 1823: Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura was nearly destroyed by fire. |
July 16th
1228: Canonisation of St Francis of Assisi by Pope Gregory IX (r. 1227-41). July 19th 64 CE: Start of the Great Fire of Rome, which raged for six days. July 20th 1903: Death of Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903), one of only three popes to have ruled for 25 years or more. 1937: Death of Guglielmo Marconi (b. 1874), who is credited with the invention of radio. In 1909 Marconi won the Nobel Prize for Physics. July 24th 1943: Dismissal and arrest of Benito Mussolini. July 29th 1644: Death of Pope Urban VIII (r. 1623-44), a member of the Barberini family and a significant patron of the arts. July 30th 2007: Death of the film director Michelangelo Antonioni (b. 1912). |