Italy

The Roman emperor abdicated on May 1st, 305.

Richard Cavendish charts the events leading up to the execution of Marin Falier, Doge of Venice, on April 18th, 1355.

The self-styled tribune of the Roman Republic, Cola di Rienzo, was murdered by an angry mob, on October 8th, 1354.

The future king was born on 15 September 1904.

The King of Sicily died on February 26th, 1154.

France ceded Naples to Spain on January 31st, 1504.

Jon Cook identifies the mix of factors that helps explain the Florentine Renaissance.

The consequences of Felice Orsini’s assassination attempt on Napoleon III were momentous and paradoxical.

Peter Furtado previews a new exhibition devoted to J.M.W. Turner’s visits to the historic city in the first half of the 19th century.

Richard Cavendish explores the papacy of Pius X, who was elected on August 4th, 1903.