June 1
193 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated
1633 – Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (d. 1687)
1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
1771 – Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (d. 1839)
1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari (b. 1917)
June 2
455 – The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks
1535 – Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
1743 – Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795)
1882 – Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian revolutionarist (b. 1807)
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi receives a patent for his newest invention: the radio
1946 – Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia is exiled
1970 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (b. 1888)
1979 – Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country
1991 – Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
June 3
350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators
1723 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788)
1977 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
June 4
1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1039 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
1133 – Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
1463 – Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist dies (b. 1392)
1604 – Claudia de’ Medici, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1648)
1944 – 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini’s Fascist armies
1953 – Pittsburgh trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chicago
1966 – Cecilia Bartoli, Italian mezzo-soprano
1994 – Massimo Troisi, Italian actor dies (b. 1953)
2004 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor dies (b. 1921)
June 5
70 – Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem
1646 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
1667 – Pietro Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607)
1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (b. 1741)
June 6
1480 – Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect dies
1508 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice
1513 – Italian Wars: Battle of Novara. Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)
1772 – Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1807)
1972 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer (Lacuna Coil)
June 7
1420 – Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
1798 – Jews of Pesaro Italy fast commemorating murder of Jews
1929 – Vatican City becomes a sovereign state
June 8
68 – The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba
218 – Macrinus, Roman Emperor dies (b. 165)
452 – Italy invaded by Attila the Hun
1551 – Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma
1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian scientist (d. 1712)
1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
1743 – Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
1757 – Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)
1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (d. 2007)
1927 – Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yankees beat White Sox 12-11
1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer
1942 – Chuck Negron, American singer (Three Dog Night) Italian descent
1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
June 9
53 – Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia
62 – Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero dies (b. 40)
68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging
1310 – Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy
June 10
1654 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
1848 – Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1918 – Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
1934 – Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer’s 2nd World Cup at Rome
1959 – Carlo Ancelotti, A.C. Milan coach
1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy
1979 – Pope John Paul II visits Poland
2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon’s first female saint Saint Rafqa
June 11
1672 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
1888 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927)
1940 – Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
1940 – World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy
1981 – Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
1982 – Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress
June 12
816 – Pope Leo III
1036 – Tedald, Bishop of Arezzo
1442 – King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples
1519 – Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)
1906 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet (d. 1977)
1928 – Vic Damone, American singer (Italian descent)
1965 – Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, “American Bandstand”
1980 – Marco Bortolami, Italian rugby union player
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
June 13
1906 – Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician (d. 1985)
1937 – Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns
1946 – King Umberto II of Italy abdicates
1952 – Tony Bruno, American talkshow host (Italian descent)
1968 – Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
1980 – Billy Joel’s “Glass Houses” hits #1
1982 – Riccardo Paletti, Formula One driver (b. 1958)
2002 – The United States of America withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
June 14
1479 (O.S.) – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer
1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
June 15
1927 – Hugo Pratt, Italian comic book creator (d. 1995)
1932 – Mario Cuomo, American politician
1933 – Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (d. 2005)
1940 – 38 Italian Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province
1958 – Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (d. 1982)
1961 – Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
1978 – Italy’s President Leone resigns due to Lockheed affair
1987 – Bettino Craxi’s Socialist Party wins election in Italy
June 16
1591 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
1749 – Johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)
1917 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian mechanical engineer (Ferrari (d. 1989)
1942 – Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist
1955 – Pope Pius XII excommunicates Juan Perón
2008 – Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
June 17
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
June 18
1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
1511 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
1900 – General Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer
1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
1967 – Pasquale Bruno, Italian American entrepreneur
1967 – Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
June 19
1027 – Romuald, Italian saint (b. 951)
1507 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566)
1608 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1747 – Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
1825 – Gioacchino Rossini’s “Il viaggio a Reims,” premieres
1846 – Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
1854 – Alfredo Catalani, Italian musician (d. 1893)
1902 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977)
1932 – Pier Angeli, Italian-born American actress (d. 1972)
1932 – Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress
1936 – Tommy DeVito, American musician and singer (Italian descent)
1938 – Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer’s 3rd World Cup at Paris
1951 – Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist
1982 – The body of God’s Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London
June 20
840 – Louis the Pious, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (b. 778)
1469 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (d. 1494)
1485 – Astorre III Manfredi, lord of Faenza (d. 1502)
1796 – Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso, Italian cardinal (d. 1878)
1862 – Marco Praga, Italian playwright (d. 1929)
1891 – Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1934 – Rossana Podestà, Italian actress
1947 – Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
1952 – Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
1980 – Carlo Festuccia, Italian rugby union footballer
1980 – Tony Lovato, American singer and guitarrist (Mest)
1980 – Franco Semioli, Italian footballer
June 21
1205 – Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)
1521 – Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (b. 1469)
1528 – Maria of Spain, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1603)
1547 – Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
1558 – Piero Strozzi, Italian military leader (b. 1558)
1633 – Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to “abjure, curse, and detest” his Copernican heliocentric views
1661 – Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (b. 1599)
1811 – Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868)
1850 – Enrico Cecchetti, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1928)
1858 – Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (d. 1928)
1891 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979)
1925 – Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994)
1950 – Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1969 – Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier
1978 – Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer
1985 – Ettore Boiardi, Italian chef (Chef Boyardee) (b. 1897)
June 22
1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his scientific view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe
1684 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (d. 1872)
1941 – Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1955 – Antonio Segni forms government in Italy
1957 – Nick Santagata, jockey
June 23
79 – Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9)
1373 – Queen Joan II of Naples (d. 1435)
1902 – Gioacchino Rossini’s unveils monument to Santa-Croce
June 24
1386 – Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (d. 1456)
1922 – Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1987 – Arturo Lupoli, Italian footballer
1990 – Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player (Italian origin)
June 25
253 – St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1243 – Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy
1834 – Pope Gregory XVI’s encyclical “Singulari nos” published
1987 – Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
June 26
363 – Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield
684 – St Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1409 – Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
1929 – Francesco Cossiga, president of Italy (1985- )
1933 – Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer/conductor (London Symph-1982)
1960 – Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration
1967 – Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals
1968 – Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer
1971 – Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
June 27
1943 – Rico Petrocelli, American baseball player (Italian descent)
1980 – Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81
2001 – Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country
June 28
1458 – Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1476 – Paul IV, (Giampietro Caraffa), inquisition/Pope (1555-59)
1476 – Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
1458 – Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
1503 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
1547 – Cristofano Malvezzi, composer
1574 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
1808 – Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican
1855 – Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86
1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
1885 – Giuseppe Mule, composer
1889 – Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
1893 – Luciano Gallet, composer
1937 – Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (d. 1995)
1938 – Leon E Panetta, (Rep-D-CA, 1977- )
1940 – Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44
1946 – Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st pres of Italy
1952 – Pietro Mennea, Italian runner (200m world record)
1957 – Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88
1972 – Alessandro Nivola, American actor (Italian descent)
1992 – Italian govt of Amato forms
1996 – Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87
2007 – Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
June 29
1867 – Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
1931 – Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
1933 – Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1936 – Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops “On motion pictures”
1941 – DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler’s record
1941 – John Boccabella, American baseball player
1959 – Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical “On truth, unity, & peace, in charity”
1967 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer dies (b. 1906)
2000 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor dies (b. 1922)
June 30
296 – St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
350 – Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome
1607 – Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
1741 – Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
1792 – Francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies
1963 – Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church