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Summary Outline of
The History of Molise
and Southern Italy

Date   Event
753 B.C. - 3rd Century B.C. Samnites, Frentani, and Greek colonists
3rd Century B.C. The Roman conquest, Samnium
476 A.D. Fall of Rome
568 A.D. Lombard invasion of Italy
571 A.D. Duchy of Benevento established
774-961 A.D. Carolingian period
1016 A.D. The Norman Kingdom of Naples
1130 A.D. Normans end Byzantium's rule in Puglia
1268-1442 A.D. Angevin rule of the Kingdom of Naples
1443-1713 A.D. Spanish rule (House of Aragon until 1504) of the Kingdom of Naples
1714-1735 A.D. Austrian rule of the Kingdom of Naples
1734-1805 A.D. Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
1799 A.D. The Parthenopean Republic
1806-1815 A.D. The "French Decade" of Napoleonic rule; feudalism ends (1806)
1815-1860 A.D. Restoration of Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
1860 A.D. Garibaldi's expedition to Naples
1861-1946 A.D. Kingdom of Italy
1946 A.D. Republic of Italy


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Last revised: 28 February 2004 : 2004-02-28 by Robert [Wesley] Angelo.

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