Historical place archive

Rome in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rome in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people1817–1943

Historical events in Rome

1817

4 July 1817
Erie Canal Construction
DeWitt Clinton · Infrastructure

Clinton begins construction of the Erie Canal across New York State.

1902

1902
Rule of Philippines
William Howard Taft · Republican Party

Taft visits Rome to negotiate with Pope Leo XIII for the purchase of lands in the Philippines owned by the Roman Catholic Church

1943

24 October 1943
Siege of Rome
Dwight David Eisenhower · World War, 2nd

Cables the Combined Chiefs of Staff calling for extra manpower & landing craft

Provenance

About these place records

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

This database is a research index. For formal scholarly citation, verify individual claims against appropriate primary, archival, academic or specialist sources.