Naples History Timeline

• 0836-07-04 Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples

• 1387-02-24 King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda
• 1413-06-07 King Ladislaw of Naples occupies Rome

• 1442-07-12 King Alfonso V of Aragon becomes King of Naples
• 1443-03-03 Ferrante (later Ferdinand I), illegitimate son of Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Naples, made Duke of Calabria and heir to the kingdom
• 1456-12-05 Earthquake strikes Naples, killing an estimated 35,000 people
• 1494-01-25 Alfonso II succeeds his father as King of Naples

• 1495-05-20 French King Charles VIII leaves Naples
• 1495-07-07 King Ferdinand II returns to Naples
• 1495-07-20 French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
• 1500-11-11 Treaty of Granada: France & Aragon divide the Kingdom of Naples
• 1503-12-29 Battle of Garigliano: Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeats French forces in Italy, giving Spain control of the Kingdom of Naples

• 1516-08-13 The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
• 1534-06-12 Turkish admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder in Naples
• 1562-03-09 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)

• 1647-07-07 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples
• 1648-04-05 Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
• 1734-03-10 Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
• 1737-11-04 The Teatro di San Carlo in Naples is inaugurated
• 1739-04-21 Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
• 1740-02-03 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
• 1762-01-04 Seven Years' War: Great Britain declares war on Spain & Naples
• 1799-01-14 King of Naples flees before advancing French armies
• 1805-07-26 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die
• 1808-07-15 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes King of Naples
• 1815-04-10 Austria declares war on Kingdom of Naples
• 1815-05-03 Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats King Joachim of Naples
• 1815-09-28 Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
• 1815-10-12 Ex-king Joachim Murat of Naples sentenced to death
• 1816-02-13 -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
• 1835-09-26 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy)
• 1848-01-28 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

• 1857-12-16 Earthquake in Naples, Italy
• 1859-02-17 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Naples
• 1879-07-01 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples
• 1906-04-05 Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates towns in the Naples province, killing more than 100 people
• 1943-09-27 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
• 1943-10-01 1st King's Dragoon Guards (Royal Amoured Corps) liberates suburbs of Naples
• 1943-10-01 Allied forces captured Naples during WW II

• 1949-08-11 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
• 1964-10-04 Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples
• 1965-03-20 10th Eurovision Song Contest: France Gall of Luxembourg wins singing "Poupee de cire, poupee de son" written by Serge Gainsbourg, in Naples, Italy

• 2005-09-16 Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
• 2012-04-18 The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts
• 2017-12-07 Naples' pizza spinning given UNESCO intangible heritage status along with Germany's organ music, Kyrgystan's Kok boru, and India's Kumbh festival

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 143

• 1227-09-30 Nicholas IV [Girolamo Masci], Italian Pope (1288-92) who was the 1st Franciscan elected, born in Lisciano, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1292)
• 1271-09-08 Charles Martel of Anjou, Son of Charles II of Naples, born in Naples, Kingdom of Sicily (now Italy) (d. 1295)
• 1339-07-23 Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1360-84) and King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers), born in Château de Vincennes, France (d. 1384)
• 1347-07-28 Margaret of Durazzo, queen consort of Naples and Hungary, regent of Naples (1386-93), born in Naples (d. 1412)
• 1373-06-25 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35), born in Zadar, Dalmatia (d. 1435)
• 1377-02-11 King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
• 1386-06-24 Saint John of Capistrano, Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo, born in Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1456)
• 1409-01-16 René of Anjou, King of Naples (1435-42) and last heir of the House of Anjou, born in Château d'Angers, Angers, Anjou, France (d. 1480)
• 1448-11-04 Alphonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1495)

• 1456-07-28 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1530)
• 1467-07-26 Ferdinand II, King of Naples (1495-96), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1496)
• 1470-10-02 Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (1489-1494), born in Naples, Italy Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1524)
• 1517-03-29 Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1561)
• 1517-08-20 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples (1571-75), born in Besançon, France (d. 1586)
• 1544-03-11 Torquato Tasso, Italian Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia), born in Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1595)
• 1545-01-17 Antonio Pace, Italian madrigal composer and music publisher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1581)
• 1550-05-25 Camillus de Lellis, Italian Roman Catholic saint (founder of the Ministers of the Sick), born in Bucchianico, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1614)
• 1559-07-22 Lawrence of Brindisi [Giulio Cesare Russo], Italian theologian, Capuchin monk, and Roman Catholic saint, born in Brindisi, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1619)
• 1560-03-08 Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian Prince of Venosa and composer, born in Venosa, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1613)

• 1602-07-14 Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal, diplomat and Chief Minister of France (1642-61), born in Pescina, Abruzzo Ultra, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1661)
• 1603-06-17 Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint, born in Copertino, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1663)
• 1608-01-28 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, mathematician and astronomer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1679)
• 1615-06-20 Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician and actor, born in Arenella, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Habsburg (d. 1673)
• 1620-06-29 Masaniello [Tommaso Aniello], Italian fisherman and leader of the 1647 Naples revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1647)
• 1634-10-18 Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1705)
• 1649-02-02 Benedict XIII [Pietro Francesco Orsini], Italian 245th Pope (1724-30), born in Gravina, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1730)
• 1669-10-19 Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, born in Vienna, Habsburg Empire (d. 1741)
• 1672-01-16 Francesco Mancini, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1737)
• 1679-12-24 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian composer, born in Trani, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1744)
• 1680-05-05 Giuseppe Porsile, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1750)
• 1683-03-11 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (d. 1742)
• 1684-03-31 Francesco Durante, Neapolitan composer, and teacher, born in Frattamaggiore, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1755)
• 1685-10-26 Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist (La Silvia), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1757)
• 1686-08-17 Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and singing teacher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1768)
• 1690-09-15 Ignazio Prota, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1748)
• 1692-10-08 Antonio Palella, Italian composer and harpsichordist, born in San Giovanni a Teduccio, Naples, Italy (d. 1761)
• 1694-08-05 Leonardo Leo, Italian composer, born in San Vito degli Schiavi, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1744)
• 1696-09-27 Alfonsus Liguori, Italian bishop, theologian, poet, composer, lawyer, and Catholic saint, born in Marianella, Campania, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1787)
• 1697-12-05 Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer and organist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Empire (now Italy) (d. 1771)
• 1700-03-22 Giuseppe Sellitto, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1777)
• 1700-05-12 Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (Palace of Caserta), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1773)
• 1704-08-13 Lorenzo Fago, Italian composer and teacher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1793)
• 1705-01-24 Farinelli [Carlo Broschi], Italian castrato (considered one of the great opera singers), born in Andria, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1782)
• 1709-06-25 Francesco Araja, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1770)
• 1710-04-12 Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano], Italian castrato soprano, born in Bitonto, Kingdom of Naples, Habsburg Empire (d. 1783)
• 1711-01-12 Gaetano Latilla, Italian opera composer, born in Bari, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1788)
• 1714-09-10 Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer, born in Aversa, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1774)
• 1715-12-12 Gennaro Manna, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (now Italy) (d. 1779)
• 1716-01-20 Carlos III, King of Spain (1759-88) and King of Naples and Sicily (1734-59), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1788)
• 1718-04-14 Emanuele Barbella, Neapolitan composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (d. 1777)
• 1722-10-05 Gregorio Sciroli, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (now Italy) (d. 1781)
• 1723-06-18 Giuseppe Scarlatti, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (d. 1777)
• 1725-04-23 Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint, born in Muro, Naples, Italy (d. 1755)
• 1727-03-30 Tommaso Traetta, Italian opera composer and bandleader (Farnace), born in Bitonto, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1779)
• 1727-04-12 Gaspare Gabellone, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, Habsburg Empire (d. 1796)
• 1728-01-16 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian classical, opera, and sacred music composer (Roland; Buona Figliuola), born in Bari, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1800)
• 1732-03-24 Gian Francesco de Majo, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, House of Habsburg (d. 1770)
• 1734-06-03 John Francis Edward Acton, French-born English Naval Commander and PM of Naples (remembered for his brutality towards French supporters), born in Besançon, France (d. 1811)
• 1739-09-13 Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1826)
• 1751-01-12 Ferdinand I, King of Sicily & Naples. (d. 1825)
• 1751-05-12 Gaetano Manna, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1804)
• 1752-04-04 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (Andromeda), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1837)
• 1755-05-19 Gabriele Prota, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1843)
• 1764-09-15 Paolo Francesco Parenti, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1821)
• 1767-03-25 Joachim Murat, French military leader and statesman (Marshal of France; King of Naples, 1808-15), born in La Bastide-Fortunière, France (d. 1815)
• 1767-10-21 Francesco Ruggi, Italian opera and sacred music composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1845)
• 1768-01-07 Joseph Bonaparte, French King of Naples and Spain, brother of Napoleon, born in Corte, Corsica (d. 1844)
• 1769-03-25 Salvatore Vigano, Italian choreographer, dancer and composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1821)
• 1770-02-09 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer (Méthode, Op. 27), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1841)
• 1770-10-01 Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), born in Civitacampomarano, Molise, Italy (d. 1823)
• 1771-12-26 Julie Clary, queen consort of Naples (d. 1845)
• 1772-06-06 Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Holy Roman Empire Empress, born in Royal Palace, Naples (d. 1807)
• 1777-08-14 Francis I, King of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1830)
• 1778-07-07 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, Italian-French composer and music publisher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1866)
• 1782-03-25 Caroline Bonaparte, Queen consort of Naples and sister of Napoleon, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France (d. 1839)
• 1782-04-14 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1873)
• 1782-04-26 Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Sicily, French queen as wife of Louis Phillip of Austria, born in Caserta Palace, Naples (d. 1866)
• 1784-12-14 Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Princess of Asturias, born in Caserta Palace, Caserta, Naples (d. 1806)
• 1786-07-25 Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1846)
• 1787-11-17 Michele Carafa, Italian opera composer (Le nozze di Lammermoor), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1872)
• 1795-09-17 Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer, born in Altamura, Bari, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1870)
• 1798-11-05 Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry and Italian princess of the House of Bourbon who led an unsuccessful rebellion against French King Louis-Philippe I, born in Caserta Palace, Caserta, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1870)
• 1805-06-08 Luigi Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, KIngdom of Naples (d. 1859)
• 1808-09-15 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1866)
• 1809-10-22 Federico Ricci, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1877)
• 1814-02-21 Nicolo Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1891)
• 1822-03-14 Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (1843-89), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1889)
• 1834-01-10 John Dalberg-Acton. British politician and historian: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicillies (d. 1902)
• 1842-12-24 Nicola d' Arienzo, Italian composer and writer, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1915)
• 1857-04-23 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1919)
• 1858-09-29 Leopoldo Mugnone, Italian opera composer and conductor, born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilie (d. 1941)
• 1860-03-12 Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet and songwriter during "Golden Age of Neapolitan Song", born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1934)
• 1861-12-05 Armando Diaz, Italian marshal and minister of War (1922-24), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1928)
• 1868-01-06 Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, mandolin player, conductor, and composer (Csárdás), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1922)

• 1877-11-09 Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (1948), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1959)
• 1879-07-27 Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1927)

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