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Although Italy could extend its control to almost all of the 2,000 km of the Libyan coast between April and early August 1912, its ground forces could not venture beyond the protection of the navy's guns and were thus limited to a thin coastal strip. May – Italy occupies 13 Turkish-held Dodecanese islands, including Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea.
Temple of Segesta. The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandal and Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrians, British, but also experiencing important periods of independence, as under the indigenous Sicanians, Elymians, Sicels, the Greek ...
4 September: Peter III of Aragon crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral, Palermo returns to the "Aragonese orbit". [7] 1302 – The peace of Caltabelotta recognized the rule of Frederic III on the condition that upon his death Sicily be controlled by the papacy. [8] 1330 – Palazzo Sclafani built. [9] 1394 – University established. [10]
In a 1912 magazine article [13] and a 1913 book [14] based on contemporary sources, United States Navy Commodore W. H. Beehler offers a different version of the events of 29 September 1911. According to Beehler, the Italian ships sighted Antalya and Tokad in the Ionian Sea between Corfu and Preveza, steering north-northwestward, at either 15:00 ...
In 1194 Sicily became part of the Holy Roman Empire, placing itself above the other states. Palermo was the preferred city of the Emperor Frederick II. Muslims of Palermo were migrated and expelled during Holy Roman rule. After an interval of Angevin rule (1266–1282), Sicily came under the house of Aragon. By 1330, Palermo's population had ...
John was the amiratus or emir of Roger II of Sicily. John was born to the Admiral Eugenius in Palermo, where his family had moved from Troina. His brothers were the logothete Philip and the amiratus Nicholas. His uncle was the notary Basil. All his family members were closely connected to the royal family and in its service.
Thorpe Hazell is a fictional detective created by the British author Victor Lorenzo Whitechurch.Hazell was a railway expert and a vegetarian, whom the author intended to be as far from Sherlock Holmes as possible.
Quotidiano di Sicilia is an Italian regional daily newspaper for the island of Sicily. History and profile