Italians

ethnic group native to Italy

7 dated entries naming Italians, drawn from 7 separate years between 90 BCE and 1900 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

90 BCEThe Lex Iulia grants citizenship to all Italians who did not oppose Rome during the Social War.source
89 BCELex Plautia Papiria extends citizenship to all Italians who applied for it within 60 days. The new citizens are enrolled in eight designated tribes, to prevent domination of the assemblies.source

6th century

565Saint Catherine's Monastery in Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt by Justinian I, which contains the oldest active library, being Ebla tablets (c. 2500–2250 BC) in the city of Ebla, Syria, discovered by Italian archaeologist Paolo Matthiae and his team in 1974–75, the first, if not the oldest, inactive library.source

14th century

1336April 26 – The Ascent of Mount Ventoux is made by the Italian poet Petrarch: he claims to be the first since classical antiquity to climb a mountain for the view.source
1397Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician (d. 1482)source

18th century

1725October 24 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)source

19th century

1900July 29 – King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci in Monza.source