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Violence Events

Browse and filter documented cases of violence in early modern Italy

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Case Violence Type Date City Victim(s) Perpetrator(s) Status
AUTO_1771290369093599 Homicide 1680-01-01 anonymous woman -
AUTO_1771290369096840 Homicide 1660-01-13 Monzone Pietro Benassi Pietro Scala Fatal
AUTO_1771290369104594 Homicide 1652-01-14 Palata Francesco Zannibono Francesco Gilio Fatal
AUTO_1771290369112014 Homicide 1640-01-15 Caprara Giovanni Cornelli Gherardi Fatal
AUTO_1771290369119325 Homicide 1632-01-18 Budrio Domenico Fanini Bastiano Lolli
279 homicide 1630-08-13 del Bina Vendramini
280 homicide 1630-07-20 del Erro unknown
281 homicide 1630-03-09 Un Alemano Mantovani
19 assault 1615-09-04 Venice Zuane Madalin Marco Antonio Pisani
20 homicide 1615-08-25 Vicenza unnamed servant bravo of Count Thiene Fatal
18 homicide 1615-06-30 Padua Geronimo and Horatio Uberti Jerian and Domenico Peroli Fatal
17 kidnapping 1615-06-04 Brescia Ottavia Rondenga Paolo Rodengo
12 premeditated homicide 1615-05-20 Venice Girolamo Bragadin Bernardo di Cesare Balbi Fatal
13 accomplice to homicide 1615-05-20 - -
15 assault 1615-05-20 Venice Filippo Calboti Piero son of Nicolo Michiel
6 assasination 1615-04-28 Venice Vincenzo Gauchier Alvise Avostini Fatal
7 abduction 1615-04-19 Venice Stefano and servants Rossetto Silvestro Hermani
16 homicide with premeditation 1615-04-12 Vicenza Piero brother of Vicenzao Godi Girolamo Barbaran Fatal
5 disturbing the peace 1615-03-31 Venice Francesco Malpiero Nicolo Vendramin
3 assault 1615-03-28 Venice unnamed servant Marco Soranzo
2 threats of deadly force 1615-03-15 Venice - Piero Priuli
10 assault 1615-03-03 Venice Fieschi family Andrea Vendramin
21 homicide 1615-01-02 Colugna Bernardino Benzi Domenico Zuane Peroli Fatal
8 injurious words, libel 1614-09-09 Venice Venetian officials Bonano Boldini
4 assault 1614-08-01 Padua Giacomo Camozza Gasparo Zini Fatal
1 assault 1612-05-01 Venice Antonio Gabriel Giognan Fatal
278 homicide 1605-04-03 - -
277 homicide 1605-02-09 Mantovano Fabio Scotti Fatal
276 homicide 1605-01-22 Bettini di San Biaso Cristofor Malagoli Fatal
274 homicide 1604-11-21 Modena, Molza
275 homicide 1604-10-11 Forni page of Antonio Patini Fatal
272 homicide 1603-10-22 San Michele -
271 homicide 1603-08-04 Cavalier Faloppia Fatal
269 homicide 1603-07-28 his son Baldassera arcibugate Fatal
270 homicide 1603-05-15 Captain Luchesino
273 homicide 1603-01-06 Unnamed a soldier Fatal
268 homicide 1601-01-09 Niccolo -
267 homicide 1600-06-29 Modena -
259 homicide 1600-05-17 Modena Giovanni Maria brother of the servant of Vergali Giovanni Maria Vergali Fatal
265 homicide 1600-05-03 Modena in the company of Giulio Zamboni Fatal
263 homicide 1600-04-11 Sassuolo Bolognese and his companion Pompeo Fatal
262 homicide 1600-04-05 alias Bingardi Zironi
261 homicide 1600-03-20 -
266 homicide 1600-02-22 Servant of Carandini Curcio Forni
264 homicide 1600-01-11 -
610 Homicide 1600-01-03 Bologna Camillo -
610_v1 Homicide 1600-01-03 Bologna Camillo -
260 homicide 1600-01-01 Unnamed
246 homicide 1600-01-01 Modena - Fatal
244 homicide 1600-01-01 Giulio Forni