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The first de facto Lord (Italian: Signore) in the history of the Republic of Florence was Cosimo de' Medici.Thanks to his moderate policy, Cosimo managed to maintain power for over thirty years until his death, ruling the state silently through his trusted men and thus allowing the consolidation of his family, the Medici, in the government of Florence.
The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution. This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro, Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe) are ...
The city of Florence was established in 59 BC by Julius Caesar. Since 846 AD, the city had been part of the Marquisate of Tuscany. After Margravine Matilda of Tuscany died in 1115, the city did not submit readily to her successor, Rabodo (r. 1116–1119), who was killed in a dispute with the city.
Stuffed animals and other items make a memorial Monday, July 8, 2024, after four people were shot and killed during a 21st birthday party at a home on Ridgecrest Drive in Florence early Saturday ...
FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — The Florence Police Department conducted a Heroes’ Day ceremony Thursday morning on the anniversary of one of the darkest days in the county’s law-enforcement history ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
An elderly Vietnam veteran who in 2018 killed two Florence police officers and wounded five others in an ambush-style attack will avoid a death penalty trial after he pleaded guilty Thursday to ...
The execution began at 1:52 p.m. MST and ended at 3:49 p.m. when Wood was pronounced dead. It involved injecting Wood with the drug cocktail of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a semi-synthetic opioid, [11] each at a dose such that a single application of both drugs was supposed to be sufficient to kill him.