Sicilian Culture: This Day in Italian & Sicilian History: February 17

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Sicilian Culture

The People, The History, The Culture

This Day in History:
Italian Contributions in the Month of February

February 17
0364 Roman Emporer Flavius Jovianus dies at approximately age 32
1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay annual tribute to Sultan for peace
1600 Giordano Bruno (advocate of Copernican theory) burned at stake by the Inquisition in Rome
1652 Singer/Composer Gregorio Allegri dies at about age 67
1653 Composer/Violinist Arcangelo Corelli dies
1776 First volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" published
1796 Composer Giovanni Pacini born
1859 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres at the Apollo Theatre in Rome
1916 Actor Raf Vallone born in Tropea, Italy
1923 Bandleader Buddy (Boniface) DeFranco born
1987 Livin' On a Prayer is a hit song by Bon Jovi

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