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Death of the poet Shelley Italy On This Day

Webpainted in about 1819. English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley died on this day in 1822 while travelling from Livorno in Tuscany to Lerici in Liguria in his sailing boat, the …

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Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi Italy On This Day

WebThe Basilica of St Clare - Basilica di Santa Chiara - is in Piazza Santa Chiara in Assisi. It was built in the 13th century in Gothic style to contain the remains of St Clare. These …

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Paolo Mascagni – physician Italy On This Day

WebScientist was first to map the human lymphatic system. The physician Paolo Mascagni, whose scientific research enabled him to create the first map of the complete human …

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Anna Maria Alberghetti

WebThe actress and operatic singer Anna Maria Alberghetti was born on this day in 1936 in the Adriatic resort of Pesaro. She moved with her family to the United States in her teens …

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Bartolomeo Cristofori

WebBartolomeo Cristofori, the man widely credited with inventing the piano, was born on this day in 1655 in Padua. He came up with the idea while working for the Grand …

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Giacomo Leopardi – poet and philosopher Italy On This …

WebOne of Italy’s greatest 19th century writers, Giacomo Leopardi, died on this day in 1837 in Naples. A brilliant scholar and philosopher, Leopardi led an unhappy life in Recanati in …

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Paolo Tosti – composer Italy On This Day

WebPaolo Tosti, the composer of the popular Neapolitan song, Marechiare, died on this day in 1916 in Rome. Many of the light, sentimental songs he composed were performed by the …

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11 March Italy On This Day

WebFranco Basaglia - psychiatrist Work led to closure of mental hospitals by law The psychiatrist Franco Basaglia, whose work ultimately led to changes in the law that …

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Francesco Tamagno

WebThe operatic tenor Francesco Tamagno, most famous for singing the title role at the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello at Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1887, was born on …

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Bernardino Ramazzini

WebThe physician Bernardino Ramazzini, often described as the “father of occupational medicine” and responsible also for pioneering work in the study of cancer …

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John Keats – poet Italy On This Day

WebWriter spent his final days in the Eternal City. English Romantic poet John Keats died on this day in Rome in 1821. He had been a published writer for five years and had written some …

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Carlo Urbani – microbiologist Italy On This Day

Webspecialist in infectious diseases. The doctor and microbiologist Carlo Urbani, whose decisive action after discovering the deadly SARS virus saved millions of lives, was born on this …

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in Florence Italy On This Day

WebBarrett Browning wrote Casa Guidi Windows in 1851, giving her personal impressions of political events in Italy. The poets also spent some time living in Siena, …

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Anita Cerquetti – soprano Italy On This Day

WebTravel tip: Montecosaro, where Anita Cerquetti was born in 1931, is a hilltop town in Marche, about 35km (22 miles) southeast of Ancona and about 15km (9 miles)east of …

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