| 489 |
|
Ostrogoths, under Byzantine rule, govern Italy |
| 529 |
|
Monte Cassino, main monastery of Benedictine order, established |
| 586 |
|
German Lombards divide Italy with Byzantine and Papacy |
| 840 |
|
Muslims occupy much of Southern Italy |
| 1169 |
|
Eruption of Mount Etna, Sicily (15,000 killed) |
| 1176 |
|
Barbarossa defeated by Lombards - state of Italy founded |
| 1321 |
|
Death of Alighieri Dante (poet) |
| 1337 |
|
Death of Giotto di Bondone (artist) |
| 1378 |
|
Death of Francisco Petrarch (poet and scholar) |
| 1380 |
|
Venice victorious over Genoa at Battle of Chioggia |
