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Map of Naples, 1572 An 18th-century painting depicting an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Naples. The Naples area has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. The earliest historical sources in the area were left by the Myceneans in the 2nd millennium BC. During its long history, Naples ...
The Bay of Naples, by Joseph Vernet, 1748. The population of Naples at the beginning of the 19th century was mostly made up of a mass of people, who were called the lazzarone and lived in extremely poor conditions. As well, there was a strong royal bureaucracy and an élite of landowners.
Memorial to Fox at his birthplace on George Fox Lane in Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire, England. Fox was born in the strongly Puritan village of Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England (now Fenny Drayton), 15 miles (24 km) west-south-west of Leicester, as the eldest of four children of Christopher Fox, a successful weaver, called "Righteous Christer" by his neighbours, [4] and his wife ...
Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino, overlooking Naples, Italy.The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo".
Naples (/ ˈ n eɪ p əl z / NAY-pəlz; Italian: Napoli ⓘ; Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]) [a] is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, [3] after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. [4]
Norris married graphic artist and Chicago Tribune cartoonist Lester J. Norris in 1923. They formed St. Charles Charities (now the Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Foundation) in 1924 [3] and funded multiple civic improvements throughout their lives including; the St. Charles Country Club, Arcada Theatre, Delnor Hospital, St. Charles East High School, the Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center ...
She married Count George de Viry around 1815, [7] and left descendants in Italy. [3] Georgina Cecilia Lock (1798–1867). She married Robert Fulke Greville in 1822. [13] Their son William Hamilton Greville, born in 1826, died a bachelor. [3] Lucy Frances Lock (1801–1893). She was born in Naples on 26 June 1801 during her father's consulship ...
October 24, 1943: Beheading of Leonard George Siffleet. Soldatensender Calais , also known as "Soldiers' Radio Calais", went on the air at 5:57 pm. Operating on the same frequency as Radio Deutschland , Germany's national radio station, Radio Calais would begin transmission whenever Radio Deutschland was off the air during bombing raids.