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452 matches to Italian East Africa
Boccioni, Umberto. 1882-1916. Italian artist. Founded Futurism. Riot in the Gallery 1909.
Boito, Arrigo. 1842-1918. Italian poet, librettist: Verdi’s Othello, Falstaff.
Bonaventure, St. 1217-1274. Italian Franciscan theologian.
Borghese. 13-18C. Italian noble family.
Borgia, Cesare. 1476-1507. Ruthless Italian Machiavellian statesman. Son of Pope Alexander VI.
Borromini, Francesco. 1599-1667. Italian Baroque architect. S Carlo alle Quattro Fontane 1665-67.
Bramante, Donato. 1444-1514. Italian architect. St. Peter’s 1506.
British Somaliland. 1880 British protectorate. 1960 +Italian Somaliland =independent Somalia.
Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.
Bruno, Giordano. 1548-1600. Italian Copernican philosopher opposed to dogma. Burned as heretic.
Buffons, War of. 1752. Paris intellectuals debate Italian vs French opera. Rousseau.
Busoni, Ferruccio. 1866-1924. Italian neoclassical, anti-Romantic composer in Liszt tradition. Fantasia 1903-4.
Caccini, Giulio. 1550-1618. Italian composer. Monodic music, early operas.
Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.
Campanella, Tommaso. 1568-1639. Italian monk, philosopher. City of the Sun 1602 parallels Plato’s Republic.
Caporetto, Battle. 1917. Disastrous Italian loss vs Austria and Germany.
Caravaggio. 1573-1610. Italian painter. Dramatic light, shadow. Naturalism. Fortune Teller, Guitarist 1590.
Cardano, Gerolamo. 1501-76. Italian physician. Described typhus fever.
Carducci, Giosue. 1835-1907. Italian Neoclassical poet.
Carissimi, Giacomo. 1604-74. Italian oratorio composer. Widened orchestral instrument variety.
Caruso, Enrico. 1873-1921. Dramatic Italian tenor.
Cassini, César. 1714-84. Italian/French astronomer, cartographer of France.
Cassini, Giovanni. 1625-1712. Italian astronomer. Movement of moon.
Castiglione, Baldassare. 1478-1529. Italian writer. Ideal court gentleman. Il Cortigiano 1528.
Cateau-Cambresis, Treaty. 1559. Ended Italian Wars. Italy, Savoy to Spain. Calais to France.