This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Chaos and Earthquakes Mark Rome News in May
Reports from Rome detail crude war movements 1800 German recruits landing in Apuglia and a Naples bound by sea, plus a six minute earthquake near Norcia nine days later. Papal conclave maneuverings continue with votes, rival factions, and threats of excommunication. Foreign envoys and officers flood in as Florentine towns report quakes and casualties while observers note shifting alliances and Church diplomacy in the Vatican and Conclave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capua
Chac Place
Gaeta
Apuglia
Fiume
Sicily
Wallis
Vienna
Duke de Gravini-Orsini
Rome
Vito
Carmine Zeppoli
Benevento
Duke de Poli
Cardinal Conti
George Spinola
Cardinal Falconieri
Signor
Aliberti
Corsini
Trivoli
Norcia
St. Simon’s Square
Barberini, Sinzendorf
Giuliano
Carpani
Santa Maria
Campitello
Sacred College
Corfini
Cardinal Camerlengo
Cardinal Porcia
Cienfuegos
Schrotenbach
Cracki
Ruffo
Cardinal Pignatelli
Carraccioli
Aversa
Gaetano
Cardinal Cienfuegos
Count de Collalro
Cardinal de Polignac
Signor Aquila
Castle St. Angelo
Pel
Qrroboni
Buon- Compagno
de Fiano
de Sara Buoncompagno
Ottoboni
Chevalier de
Albano
Naples
Florence
N. S
Spoleto
St. Francis
St. Anthony
Mesdici de Melagnano
Pisa
Tuscanny
Visconti
Bologna
N.S
Milan
Venice
Salviati
Zondedari
Pascal