Saturday 1st of March 1445 (+) — Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli is born
Monday 3rd of May 1469 (+) — Political philosopher and poet Niccolò Machiavelli is born
Saturday 11th of December 1475 (+) — 217th Pope Leo X is born
Sunday 26th of May 1478 (+) — 219th Pope Clemens VII is born
Tuesday 17th of May 1510 (-) — Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli dies of unknown causes
Sunday 2nd of June 1535 (+) — 232nd Pope Leo XI is born
Wednesday 2nd of January 1557 (-) — Painter Jacopo Pontormo dies of unknown causes
Sunday 7th of April 1652 (+) — 219th Pope Clemens VII is born
Saturday 29th of June 1929 (+) — Journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci is born
Sunday 9th of March 1980 (x) — Performance and installation artist Chris Burden performs 'Cinque Cinquecento' at the Per/for/mance festival
Tuesday 4th of March 1980 (x) — Performance and installation artist Chris Burden performs 'Show the Hole' at the Per/for/mance festival
Monday 22nd of February 1988 (-) — Suspected serial killer Pietro Pacciani dies of cardiac arrest due to a fatal combination of drugs
Tuesday 1st of November 1994 (x) — Suspected serial killer Pietro Pacciani is sentenced to life-imprisonment
Pacciani probably killed 16 people between 1968 and 1985.
Friday 15th of September 2006 (-) — Journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci dies of lung cancer