This Day in History

March 29, 2024
Today is Good Friday, the anniversary of Jesus’ death on the cross.

December 26, 2023
Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai was born in Florence on December 26, 1403

March 20, 2023
At midday on the Spring Equinox, light streams in through the twenty-seven foot diameter oculus of the Pantheon and aligns perfectly with the doorway.

September 17, 2021
Sculptor Giovanni Bastianini was born near Fiesole on 17 September 1830.

June 15, 2021
On this day (15 June) in 1927, Ugo Eugenio Pratt (known as Hugo Pratt), the comic book artist and illustrator, was born in Rimini.

December 23, 2020
Sculptor Ottaviano Pannella was Born in Ascoli Piceno on 23 December 1635.

December 2, 2020
Leading Designer Achille Castiglioni Died in Milan on 2 December 2002.

October 12, 2020
Today is Columbus Day, a national holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492.

September 14, 2020
On this day (14 September) in 81 A.D., Domitian became Roman Emperor.

September 13, 2020
On this day (13 September) in 1470, the Badia of Florence acquired a new artwork by the Tuscan sculptor, Mino da Fiesole (Mino di Giovanni).