This Day in History

June 29, 2015
On 29 July 1539 , the young duke of Florence Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574) married the seventeen-year-old Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562).

June 29, 2015
29 June is the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome who were both martyred in the Eternal City.

June 25, 2015
The Futurist painter Pippo Oriani was born on 25 June 1909 in Turin.

June 23, 2015
Roman Emperor Vespasian died 23 June 79 CE after ruling the empire for a decade.

June 22, 2015
Francesco Celebrano, royal painter to the court of King Ferdinand IV of Naples, died on this day, June 22, in 1814.

June 12, 2015
Late Baroque sculptor Angelo de Rossi died 12 June 1715.

June 11, 2015
Agostino Busti died 11 June 1548.

June 5, 2015
On 5 June 70 CE during the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breached the city’s middle wall.

June 4, 2015
Papal secretary, historian, and antiquarian Flavio Biondo died on 4 June 1463 in Rome.

June 2, 2015
Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa was born on 2 June 1906 in Venice.