Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Italy Events Date Type 06/29/1861 Famous British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in Italy after a lingering illness Education/Culture 06/02/1858 Giovanni Donati discovers his comet Science/Technology 04/20/1860 In Italy, the Archbishop of Florence publicly blesses recently excommunicated King Victor Emmanuel II US/the World 04/27/1859 Italian nationalists in Florence overthrow the Hapsburg Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany US/the World 05/10/1860 Theodore Parker, famous abolitionist and member of the "Secret Six," dies in Florence, Italy Personal 04/16/1860 Victor Emmanuel II receives a hero's welcome in Florence, the capital of his new province of Tuscany US/the World People Burial Place of Seymour, Truman Documents Images