Historical place archive

Nice in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Nice in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records7 event labels5 people1538–2001

Historical events in Nice

1538

1538
Peace
Paul III · House of Habsburg

Negotiates a truce between Charles V & Francis I to end the Habsburg-Valois War

1807

4 July 1807
Birth of Guisseppe Garibaldi
Guisseppe Garibaldi · Young Italy

Birth of Guisseppe Garibaldi

1848

21 June 1848
Exile of Guisseppe Garibaldi
Guisseppe Garibaldi · Young Italy

Arrives at Nice from Exile in South America after hearing about civil unrest

1861

1861
Rule of Nice
Victor Emmanuel II · House of Italy

Nice is ceded to France

2000

7 December 2000
Nice European Council
Giuliano Amato · European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Italy as leaders negotiate institutional reforms intended to prepare the Union for enlargement.

9 December 2000
Nice Treaty Political Agreement
Lamberto Dini · European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the final political compromise on institutional reform reached at Nice.

2001

26 February 2001
Treaty of Nice
Lamberto Dini · European Economic Community (EEC)

Dini places Italy's signature on the Nice Treaty, backing institutional adjustments for an enlarged Union.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Italy and Nice. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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