ELD4849179: The first pontificate of Theophylact of Tusculum (ca. 1032-1055) as Pope under the name of Benedict IX at the age of twelve, around 1032 (Election of Pope Benedict IX (Benedetto) (Theophylactus of Tusculum or Teofilatto III dei Conti di Tuscolo) at the age of 12 in 1032) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpellant I (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia” (History- by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4850034: The German Emperor Otton I (Othon) (912-973) and his Armee in Lombardy in September 951 (Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, invading Italy in september 951) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4881908: First World War: Opening of the Peace Conference opened on 18/01/1919 in the Salon de l'Horloge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Quai d'Orsay during which the Treaty of Versailles was prepared - (WWI, opening of the Paris Peace Conference in the Quai d'orsay, january 1919 which results on the treaty of Versailles) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4855050: War of the pazzi: the return of Laurent de Medicis (1449-1492) to Florence, victorious over the alliance of the pope and the Neapolitans, cheered by the crowd (Lorenzo de Medici ruler of the Florentine Republic, victorious under alliance of pope Sixtus IV with King Ferdinand I of Naples coming back in Florence, 1480) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1966-1942 37) pulled by “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853959: Antiquite, Roman Civil War: Egyptian Queen Cleopatre VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC) at the Battle of Actium in the Ambracic Gulf on 2 September 31 BC against the Fleet of Octave (Final War of the Roman Republic, queen Cleopatra during the battle of Actium, Greece, 2nd September 31 BC) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4860768: Risorgimento: Giuseppe Garibaldi Italian patriot (1807-1882) penetrate Rome in December 1848 or will be proclaimed the Roman republic”” (Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi entering in Rome with his army in December 1848) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4857051: Campaign of Italy: “The French army of Napoleon Bonarparte (1769-1821) during the passage of Grand Saint Bernard (Grand Saint Bernard), May 20, 1800” (The French army of Napoleon Bonaparte crossing the Saint Bernard Pass near the town of St Pierre, May 20th, 1800) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (History-of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4881949: Signing of the Lateran Agreements (Patti lateranensi) between the Italian government (fascist) and the Holy Vatican Siege (St. Siege) which guarantee the sovereignty of the Pope in the Vatican and formalizes the Catholic religion in Italy: Cardinal Pietro Gasparri (1852-1934) representing Pope Pius XI (Pius XI or Pio XI, 1857-1939) met Benito Mussolini dit il Duce (1883-1945) at the Lateran Palace in Rome on 11 February 1929” (Lateran Pacts of 1929, treaty signed on February 11, 1929 by Benito Mussolini and Cardinal Pietro Gasparri representing the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, settling the “” Roman Question”) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1911 37) taken from “” Storia d'Italia”” ( History-of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4867187: Portrait of Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (1857-1939), Pope Pius XI (Pius XI or Pio XI) in 1922 (Portrait of Pope Pius XI) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4861618: Second expedition to India (1502-1503) “” Naval battle between the Portuguese fleet of Vasco de Gama and that of Calicut, the Portuguese fire the Muslim ship Miri charge pelerins returning from Mecca, 3/10/1502”” (second voyage of Vasco de Gama (1502-1503): the pilgrim ship incident, Vasco da Gama looted the ship with over 400 pilgrims on board on 3rd October 1502) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli in “” Histoire des navigateurs”” by Giudici, 1936 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4856177: Fourth Veneto-Ottoman War (Cyprus War): “” Debarkment to Cyprus of the Ottoman Armee on 01/07/1570”” (Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-1573) or war of Cyprus: the ottoman conquest of Cyprus in july 1570) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4860244: Risorgimento: King Francois (Francesco) II of the two Sicilies and his wife Maria Sofia de Wittelsbach (Marie-Sophie de Baviere), in Sicilian costume, leave Gaete on 13/02/1861” (King Francis II and his wife Maria sofia at the fall of Gaeta and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, February 1861) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (66-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images