ELD4856118: War of the League of Cognac, Battle of Gavinana between the Florentine Republic and the armed forces of the Holy Empire on 3/08/1530: the death of the Florentine negociant Francesco Ferrucci, leader of the republicans - (War of the League of Cognac, battle of Gavinana, the death of Francesco Ferruccio leader of the florentine forces against the imperial army, 3rd August 1530) 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
ELD4853962: Roman Antiquite: “” The poet Virgil reading the Eneide before Augustus (Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus) (63 BC-14 AD) and his sister Octavia Thurina Minor (Ottavia Minore or Octavie la Jeune) (69 BC)” (Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus Octavia) 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
ELD4854332: The Lord of Verona and Condottiere Cangrande della Scala (Alberto I Canfrancesco della Scala) (1291-1329) appoints Chief of the Gibelins on 16/12/1318 in Soncino, Italy (The ruler of Verona and Italian nobleman Cangrande della Scala appointed as the leader of the Ghibelline party, in Soncino, 16th December 1318) 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
ELD4854432: The Condottiere Konrad von Landau, known as Count Lando guiding an army called The Great Company, and sowing terror in the villages of northern Italy, was attacked by the inhabitants in a valley of the Appenins, 1358 (The troops of Count Lando being attacked by peasants during a ambush, 1358) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4850027: King of Upper Burgundy Rodolph II of Burgundy (880-937) was crowned King of Italy in Pavia in February 923 (King of upper burgundy Rudolph II crowned King of the Lombards at Pavia in February 923) Illustration of Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) taken from “” Storia d'Italia” (History) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4850104: Emperor Frederic I Barberossa (1122-1190) on his second trip to Italy in 1158 passes the river Adda and meets the people of Lodi who beg him to get their territory back. Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4849919: The conquest of Sicily by the Aghlabids, a Byzantine prisoner negotiated his life with the Aghlabid emir Muhammad I Abu L-Abbas in exchange for his help in the capture of the city of Castrogiovanni (Enna or Henna) in 859 (Muslim conquest of Sicily, a byzantine prisoner trades his life against assistance in sieging the byzing antine city of Enna, 859) 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
ELD4849434: Emperor Frederic Barberose (1122-1190) handed over the heresiarch Arnaud of Brescia (1100-1155) to the cardinals of Pope Adrien IV” (Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and Arnold (Arnaldus) of Brescia (Arnaldo da Brescia) seized by Imperial forces, and then tried by the Roman Curia as a rebel, 1155, 1155) 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
ELD4856458: War of the Spanish Succession: representation of the Piemontane miner soldier Pietro (Pierre) Micca (1677-1706) apprehended a barrel of powder to prevent the passage of the French soldiers into the basement of the citadel during the siege of Turin in in 1706” (War of the spanish succession: Pietro Micca national hero for his sacrifice in the defence of Turin (1706) against the French troops) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “Storia d'Italia”” by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images