Naples

Eventos (13)

• 1266

  2/26 — Batalla de Benevento: Un ejército liderado por Carlos, Conde de Anjou, derrota a una fuerza combinada germánica y siciliana liderada por Manfredo, Rey de Sicilia. Manfredo es asesinado en la batalla y el Papa Clemente IV investe a Carlos como rey de Sicilia y Nápoles.

• 1343

  11/25 — A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.

• 1494

  1/25 — Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.

• 1495

  2/22 — King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

• 1504

  1/31 — France cedes Naples to Aragon.

• 1516

  8/13 — The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.

• 1590

  10/16 — Carlo Gesualdo, composer, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, murders his wife, Donna Maria d'Avalos, and her lover Fabrizio Carafa, the Duke of Andria at the Palazzo San Severo in Naples.

• 1626

  7/30 — An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.

• 1762

  1/4 — Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.

• 1906

  4/7 — Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.

• 1943

  10/1 — World War II: Naples falls to Allied soldiers.

• 1973

  12/15 — John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.

• 2005

  9/16 — The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.