LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.bologna.it/

Population:
369,955

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Bologna

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Teatro Comunale di Bologna	1763

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ulisse Aldrovandi	Naturalist	11-Sep-1522	10-Mar-1605	Pioneering entomologist and naturalist
Pope Benedict XIV	Religion	31-Mar-1675	3-May-1758	Roman Catholic Pope, 1740-58
Rossano Brazzi	Actor	18-Sep-1916	24-Dec-1994	South Pacific
Raffaella Carrà	Singer	18-Jun-1943		Italian singer/entertainer
Giuseppe Maria Crespi	Painter	16-Mar-1665	16-Jul-1747	Lo Spagnuolo
Domenichino	Painter	21-Oct-1581	6-Apr-1641	Baroque Italian painter
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectrical phenomena
Pope Gregory XIII	Religion	7-Jan-1502	10-Apr-1585	Roman Catholic Pope, 1572-85
Pope Gregory XV	Religion	9-Jan-1554	8-Jul-1623	Roman Catholic Pope, 1621-23
Pope Innocent IX	Religion	20-Jul-1519	30-Dec-1591	Roman Catholic Pope, 1591
Pope Lucius II	Religion	?	15-Feb-1145	Roman Catholic Pope, 1144-45
Marcantonio	Engraver	c. 1480	c. 1534	Italian Renaissance engraver
Giulietta Masina	Actor	22-Feb-1921	23-Mar-1994	La Strada
Pier Paolo Pasolini	Film Director	5-Mar-1922	2-Nov-1975	Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Guido Reni	Painter	4-Nov-1575	18-Aug-1642	Painter of the Bolognese school
Ottorino Respighi	Composer	9-Jul-1879	18-Apr-1936	Belfagor
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claudio Abbado	Conductor	26-Jun-1933	20-Jan-2014	Conductor of La Scala, 1968-86
Ulisse Aldrovandi	Naturalist	11-Sep-1522	10-Mar-1605	Pioneering entomologist and naturalist
Pope Alexander V	Religion	c. 1339	4-May-1410	Roman Catholic Pope, 1409-10
Giosuè Carducci	Poet	27-Jul-1835	16-Feb-1907	Odi barbare
Giuseppe Maria Crespi	Painter	16-Mar-1665	16-Jul-1747	Lo Spagnuolo
Jacopo Della Quercia	Sculptor	c. 1374	20-Oct-1438	Influential early Renaissance sculptor
Thomas Dempster	Historian	1579	6-Sep-1625	Scotia Illustrior
St. Dominic	Religion	1170	6-Aug-1221	Founder of the Dominican Order
Luigi Galvani	Doctor	9-Sep-1737	4-Dec-1798	Explored bioelectrical phenomena
Marcantonio	Engraver	c. 1480	c. 1534	Italian Renaissance engraver
Guido Reni	Painter	4-Nov-1575	18-Aug-1642	Painter of the Bolognese school
Augusto Righi	Physicist	27-Aug-1850	8-Jun-1920	Electromagnetic waves

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