06/29/1861
Famous British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in Italy after a lingering illness Education/Culture
06/02/1858
Giovanni Donati discovers his comet Science/Technology
04/20/1860
In Italy, the Archbishop of Florence publicly blesses recently excommunicated King Victor Emmanuel II US/the World
04/27/1859
Italian nationalists in Florence overthrow the Hapsburg Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany US/the World
05/10/1860
Theodore Parker, famous abolitionist and member of the "Secret Six," dies in Florence, Italy Personal
04/16/1860
Victor Emmanuel II receives a hero's welcome in Florence, the capital of his new province of Tuscany US/the World
