This Day in History

June 29, 2020
Today (June 29) marks the joint feast day of Saints Peter and Paul.

June 29, 2020
On this day (29 June) in 1868, sculptor Giovanni Bastianini died in Florence.

June 26, 2020
Mannerist painter Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676) was born Theodora in Moncalvo, Italy, to an artistic family.

June 22, 2020
On this day (22 June) in 1633, Galileo Galilei was Forced to Recant Heliocentrism Theory.

June 15, 2020
On this day (15 June) in 844, heir to the Frankish throne, Louis, the eldest son of Lothar I , was crowned as King of the Lombards in Rome.

May 31, 2020
Prolific Florentine painter Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (1535–1607) was born on May 31, 1535.

March 16, 2020
On this day (16 March) in 1796, the Italian sculptor, Cincinnato Baruzzi was born in Imola.

March 2, 2020
On this day (2 March) in 1494, the sculptor, Niccolò dell’ Arca died.

February 3, 2020
On this day (3 February) in 1960, Federico Fellini, script writer and visual artist, premiered his movie, La Dolce Vita , in Milan.

January 20, 2020
The third Monday of each January marks Martin Luther King Junior Day, a federal holiday in the U.S.A.