Monday 9th of June 0053 (x) — 5th Emperor of the Roman Empire Nero marries his step-sister Claudia Octavia
Friday 18th of July 0064 (x) — Eruption of the Great Fire
The Great Fire caused widespread devastation, before being brought under control after six days.
Wednesday 29th of June 0067 (-) — First Pope Petrus I is executed by crucifixion with his head downwards
Petrus was crucified with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer.
Saturday 9th of June 0068 (-) — 5th Emperor of the Roman Empire Nero commits suicide by cutting his throat
Thursday 14th of January 0083bc (+) — Roman politician Marcus Antonius is born
Tuesday 13th of July 0100bc (+) — Dictator of the Roman Empire Julius Caesar is born
Friday 6th of August 0258 (-) — 24th Pope Sixtus II is executed by beheading
Sixtus was martyred along with six deacons; Januarius, Vincentius, Magnus, Stephanus, Felicissimus and Agapitus.
Friday 7th of December 0283 (-) — 27th Pope Eutychianus dies of unknown causes
Tuesday 31st of December 0335 (-) — 33rd Pope Silvester I dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 7th of October 0336 (-) — 34th Pope Marcus dies of natural causes
Saturday 18th of August 0440 (-) — 44th Pope Sixtus III dies of unknown causes
Thursday 10th of November 0461 (-) — 45th Pope Leo I dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 10th of March 0483 (-) — 47th Pope Simplicius dies of unknown causes
Thursday 28th of February 0486 (-) — 46th Pope Hilarius dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 19th of November 0498 (-) — 50th Pope Anastasius II dies of unknown causes
Friday 6th of August 0523 (-) — 52nd Pope Hormisdas dies of unknown causes
Tuesday 4th of February 0708 (-) — 87th Pope Sisinnius dies of gout
Sisinnius remained pope for just twenty days. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "although he was so afflicted with gout that he was unable even to feed himself, he is nevertheless said to have been a man of strong character, and to have been able to take thought for the good of the city".
Friday 28th of November 0741 (-) — 90th Pope Gregorius III dies of unknown causes
Monday 13th of July 0939 (-) — 126th Pope Leo VII dies of unknown causes
Sunday 6th of September 0972 (-) — 133rd Pope Ioannes XIII dies of unknown causes
Unconfirmed rumours state that Ioannes XIII was murdered by the husband of one of his lovers.
Wednesday 20th of July 0985 (-) — Antipope Bonifatius VII dies of unknown causes
It is possible that Bonifatius was murdered but it cannot be confirmed by any known sources. It is clear that there was certainly a sense from the public of disgust at his reign as his body was dragged through the streets, stripped naked until it was left beneath Marcus Aurelius's statue in front of the Lateran Palace.
Thursday 22nd of August 1241 (-) — 178th Pope Gregorius IX dies of unknown causes
Sunday 10th of November 1241 (-) — 179th Pope Celestinus IV dies of wear and age
Celestinus IV occupied the throne for only seventeen days.
Friday 27th of March 1378 (-) — 201st Pope Gregorius XI dies of unknown causes
Saturday 24th of March 1455 (-) — 208th Pope Nicholaus V dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 26th of July 1471 (-) — 211th Pope Paulus II dies of a heart attack
Some claimed Paul II collapsed from severe indigestion after eating melon in excess. Some say that he had died whilst being sodomized by a page boy.
Monday 13th of September 1475 (+) — Duke of Valentinois Cesare Borgia is born
According to some sources Borgia was born in April 1476. He was the illegitimate son of Cardinal Roderic Llançol i de Borja aka Rodrigo Borgia, later Pope Alexander VI, and his mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei.
Monday 25th of July 1492 (-) — 213th Pope Innocentius VIII dies of fever
In July Innocentius VIII fell into a fever. He was said to have been given the world's first blood transfusion by his Jewish physician Giacomo di San Genesio, who had him bathe in the blood of three 10-year-old boys. The boys subsequently died.
Tuesday 18th of August 1503 (-) — 214th Pope Alexander VI dies of fever
According to historian Raphael Volterrano "It was a revolting scene to look at that deformed, blackened corpse, prodigiously swelled, and exhaling an infectious smell; his lips and nose were covered with brown drivel, his mouth was opened very widely, and his tongue, inflated by poison,... therefore no fanatic or devotee dared to kiss his feet or hands, as custom would have required."
Friday 21st of February 1513 (-) — 216th Pope Julius II dies of fever
Tuesday 6th of April 1520 (-) — Painter Raphael dies of fever
Raphael's fever was caused by a night of excessive sex with Margherita Luti and not telling his doctors that this was its cause was given the wrong cure which killed him.
Thursday 4th of August 1521 (+) — 228th Pope Urbanus VII is born
Tuesday 4th of September 1523 (-) — 218th Pope Hadrianus VI dies of unknown causes
Thursday 10th of November 1549 (-) — 220th Pope Paulus III dies of unknown causes
Sunday 17th of September 1550 (+) — 233rd Pope Paulus V is born
Wednesday 23rd of March 1555 (-) — 221st Pope Julius III dies of unknown causes
Thursday 9th of December 1565 (-) — 224th Pope Pius IV dies of unknown causes
Monday 27th of August 1590 (-) — 227th Pope Sixtus V dies of malaria
Friday 13th of July 1590 (+) — 239th Pope Clemens X is born
Thursday 7th of January 1655 (-) — 236th Pope Innocentius X dies of natural causes
Monday 9th of December 1669 (-) — 238th Pope Clemens IX dies of a broken heart
Tuesday 19th of April 1689 (-) — Queen of Sweden Kristina Augusta dies of a lung bleeding
Wednesday 19th of March 1721 (-) — 243rd Pope Clemens XI dies of unknown causes
Thursday 22nd of September 1774 (-) — 249th Pope Clemens XIV dies of scorbutic and hemorrhoidal dispositions
Thursday 2nd of March 1876 (+) — 260th Pope Pius XII is born
Thursday 26th of August 1880 (+) — Surrealist writer Guillaume Apollinaire is born
Tuesday 8th of May 1906 (+) — Film director Roberto Rosselini is born
Wednesday 28th of February 1912 (+) — Mistress of Benito Mussolini Clara Petacci is born
Sunday 16th of May 1915 (+) — Film director Mario Monicelli is born
Saturday 14th of August 1926 (+) — Film director Lina Wertmüller is born
Saturday 10th of November 1928 (+) — Composer Ennio Morricone is born
Tuesday 3rd of November 1931 (+) — Actress Monica Vitti is born
Tuesday 20th of July 1937 (-) — Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi dies of a heart attack
Tuesday 25th of January 1944 (+) — Actress, artist, model and muse of the Rolling Stones Anita Pallenberg is born
Wednesday 18th of June 1952 (+) — Actress and philantropist Isabella Rossellini is born
Saturday 1st of March 1958 (-) — Artist Giacomo Balla dies of unknown causes
Thursday 8th of November 1973 (x) — An envelope containing a lock of hair, a human ear, and a threat from the kidnappers of Playboy John Paul Getty arrives at the daily newspaper Il Messagero
The letter read "This is Paul's first ear. If within ten days the family still believes that this is a joke mounted by him, then the other ear will arrive. In other words, he will arrive in little bits." Getty's health began to decline rapidly as his wound became infected, combined with pneumonia caused by the cold winter temperatures which were descending. His captors were alarmed at this sudden decline and gave him large doses of penicillin to treat the infection which caused him to develop an allergy to the antibiotic and further affected his health.
Monday 29th of January 1973 (x) — Geologist and art vandal László Tóth is committed to a psychiatric hospital
Sunday 9th of February 1975 (x) — Geologist and art vandal László Tóth is released from a psychiatric hospital
Tóth was immediately deported to Australia and presumably still resides in a nursing home in Strathfield, New South Wales.
Wednesday 17th of March 1976 (-) — Count of Lonate Pozzolo and film director Luchino Visconti dies of a stroke
Friday 3rd of June 1977 (-) — Film director Roberto Rosselini dies of a heart attack
Monday 20th of November 1978 (-) — Surrealist artist Giorgio de Chirico dies of natural causes
Tuesday 10th of April 1979 (-) — Composer Nino Rota dies of coronary thrombosis
Tuesday 9th of January 1979 (-) — Structural engineer and architect Pier Luigi Nervi dies of natural causes
Wednesday 15th of February 1984 (-) — US-Diplomat Leamon Hunt is assassinated the Red Brigades
As he was waiting for his gated home to open three gunmen emerged from a Fiat 128 across the street and opened fire on Hunt's Alfa Romeo armoured limousine with automatic weapons. While none of the rounds fired at the limousine penetrated, one gunman jumped on the trunk and fired into the upper edge of the rear window. One of the 7.65mm rounds broke through the rubber and metal window frame and struck Hunt in the skull.
Wednesday 23rd of December 1987 (x) — Hijacker Adalgiso Scioni hijacks KLM Flight 343 Boeing 737 from Amsterdam to Milan with 97 people on board, claiming to have a bomb in his luggage which could be detonated by a control on his wristwatch
Scioni allowed about 60 passengers to deplane while he negotiated with authorities. He was eventually overpowered by police when he was apparently lured from the aircraft on the pretence of being driven to another aircraft for a flight to New York.
Sunday 31st of October 1993 (-) — Film director Federico Fellini dies of a heart attack
Fellini had suffered a second stroke and fell into an irreversible coma a couple of months earlier.
Tuesday 27th of May 2003 (-) — Composer Luciano Berio dies of unknown causes
Monday 30th of July 2007 (-) — Film director Michelangelo Antonioni dies of unknown causes
Friday 11th of October 2013 (-) — SS-Hauptsturmführer Erich Priebke dies of natural causes
Violent clashes broke out between fascist sympathizers and anti-fascist protesters during Priebke's funeral service by Don Florian Abrahamowicz, an ex-SSPX priest and of Jewish origin.
Thursday 9th of December 2021 (-) — Film director Lina Wertmüller dies of natural causes
Wednesday 2nd of February 2022 (-) — Actress Monica Vitti dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease
Monday 16th of January 2023 (-) — Actress Gina Lollobrigida dies of undisclosed causes
