Neapolitan republic (1647)

Detailed chronology

1647

July 7th: Revolt Napolitains against the Spain at the time of the perception of a tax on the fruits. The fisherman of Amalfi Thomas Aniello, known as Masaniello takes the head of crowd. The viceroy, the duke D' Arcos, withdraws himself in the fortress of the Castle-Nine while the insurrection is spread in the area of Salerno, in the Pouilles and in Calabria.
July 11th: Masaniello, so far, date of the interview with the vice king with the Castle-Nine, had preserved its haillons of fisherman. It revêt then “casaque of money fabric”. It goes to the Castle-Nine in company of the archbishop, the Filomarini cardinal and a crowd of people which thunder somewhat. The duke of Arcos makes him thousand caresses. The interview lasts. The people are done threatening to make release Masaniello. The duke of Arcos, the cardinal and Masaniello thus appear with the balcony. Interminable acclamations. Masaniello puts a finger on the lips. Silence. He then asks crowd to withdraw himself. She withdraws herself at once.
July 16th: Masaniello is assassinated on order of the viceroy.
October 17th: The arrival of a new viceroy with Palermo, the cardinal of Trivulce, calm spirits.
October 22nd: the arms manufacturer Gennaro Annese becomes chief of the Neapolitan ones. He proclaims the Republic and the place under the protection of France.
October 24th: The insurrectionists call upon the ambassador from France to Rome. The Neapolitan deputies arrive at Rome and greet Henri II of Own way the knee with ground. Attack of kindness, Own way the changing, them do not want to speak to him differently. Finally they speak upright. They carry a signed letter “the people of Naples and his kingdom”. They dated October 24th, 1647 have also a letter of Gennaro “Of the palate of the royal post of the tourjon of Carmelite friars” and signed “SA? Généralissime and chief of the very-faithful people of Naples”. She-ass maintains a secret correspondence with France. Own way is called like guard of the Republic. It holds the military authority. But Annèse considers that the civil authority returns to him. He refuses to regard Guise as his superior. It is because of this jealousy that Annèse betrays.
November 13rd: The felouques ones awaited Guise with Fiumicino during 7 to 8 days. The Neapolitan ones threaten to go if they are not helped by the French fleet before on Saturday, November 16. The wind is finally favorable. Own way embarks. He hears the mass, changes and appears “the collet of buffalo on the body”; the abbots of Saint Nicolas's Day and Feuillade make him control fits with body some. New speeches. A trumpet sounds in front of Guise.
November 15th: Arrived to 11 hours of the duke Henri II of Own way to Naples where he is proclaimed généralissime insurrectionists and duke of the Neapolitan Republic (December 19th). He seeks the support of the local nobility and scorns the popular support.
November 16th: In the morning, Guise will hear the mass with the Carmelite friars. Gennaro always takes the line with Guise. Luigi LED terro was covered with a wig of hair of black horse. It goes in front of them while shouting: “The people, the general Gennaro, the duke of Own way Live! ”. He gives blows of sword and wounds many spectators. To the exit, Gennaro and Guise ride a horse to ravel in front of crowd. Gennaro is désarçonné. Route: Place market, Concherie with very cordial reception of Pépe Palombe. Own way does it Mestre of camp
November 22nd: After eight days of cohabitation, Guise leaves the house of Gennaro to settle with the Carmelite friars. He slept in the proper bed of Gennaro and in his company. That inconvenienced it somewhat.
November 23rd: Gennaro puts the hand on a crowned treasure of the Jesuits. A whole night, it personally torments the gatekeeper to know if it does not hide other richnesses.
December 12th: Always in the forwarding of Naples, Downpour attacks, with 3.500 men, of which much gueux (Lazares) with as only weapon a wood flaring pile “at the end”. The departure is differed at the following day. Because Guise animates two victorious attacks out of two post offices of the city.

1648

January 4th: Own way captures, thanks to its spies, the duke of Tursi and his grandson, Avelle the prince, the secretary of Don Juan of Austria to the church Li Patri Luchezi in the suburb of Chiaia.
January 5th: The day of the kings. The troops of Own way somewhat plundered in Averse. The shortly after the kings, Guise arrives towards 10:00 of the morning at Averse. It is accommodated by the baron of Modena.
January 8th: 300 mules arrive at Naples charged with corn. Own way advances with the front of the convoy and, with 16:00, sees in the sky a kind of very luminous comet which fall and splits up in three pieces.
February 2nd: Own way will hear the mass at the hospital of incurable (of which its confessor, the P. Capece, is the vice-chancellor). It brought its music and is accommodated by “ a big competition of people ”. The same day, the galère capitane of the Spanish fleet mutine. The galère is failed close to Naples. Its damages are too serious to recover it. Own way with the convicts Turkish of which it cannot too what make an excellent company of soldiers animated by a strong hatred of the Spaniards.
February 9th: Departure of the Spanish fleet of Naples for Spain. She wants to carry out repairs.
February 12th: Day of the general attack, Guise makes sound the attack with the point of the day. The gangsters of Paul of Naples after a pretense of offensive, flat hide belly behind a wall. The knight of Forbin gives them blows of cane to advance them. In vain. He strikes even the officers.
February 15th: Died of Cerisantes. Own way: “ It ran there and the emotion or some pressing need having obliged it to put fit low behind a wall, it accepted a mousquetade which carried the nail of the big toe to him, where the being put gangrene, it died three days afterwards. ”
February 19th: Don Juan of San-Severine, count of Saponare (then prince de Bisignane) joins in Guise.
March 2nd: Arrival of the Count d' Ognate in the Spanish garrison of Naples. The king named it ignorant viceroy that gift Juan had preceded it by revoking the duke by Arcos and by naming oneself in its place. Own way hopes for a conflict between the two men which does not occur.
March 20th: The night, Guise made dig in the greatest secrecy a gallery of more than 1 500 pas which leads to the oil cistern behind the Spanish lines and makes it possible to launch an attack by surprise. But they are discovered.
March 23rd: Discovered attempted murder of the duke of Own way, gone up by the Spaniards, the hand of Vincenzo de Andrea. Own way was to be arquebus by Cicio of Regina, captain of regiment, on March 25th during the mass with the church of Annonciade.
March 26th: Cicio of Regina is trailed on a tray to the Market. As usual it is hung by a foot, is decapitated and its head is placed on the epitaph of the Market.
March 28th: Filomarini proposes in Guise on behalf of the Spaniards that it gives the kingdom of Naples to them in exchange of Sardinia. Ironic refusal of Own way.
March 30th: Own way intercepts a mail of the marquis de Velade, governor of Milan, with the count d' Ognate who shows that the Spaniards fear to have to give up Naples and that they expect a French offensive on Milan. Own way, content with this good news does not want to deprive of it the count d' Ognate and returns the dispatch to the mail by inviting it to finish its race.
April 1st: Eclipse in Naples.
April 2nd: Own way receives the visit of Cucurulle, the largest astrologer of Italy: the stars announce an inversion of fortune in favor of the Spaniards. This is why, Cucurulle came to see Guise. It wishes that one deliver a passport to him to leave Naples.
April 4th: After having heard the mass with Notre Dame of the Carmelite friars, and after having dined, Guise goes with four parts from gun and 500 or 600 men towards the island of Nisita. This island is separated from the ground by an arm of the sea of two hundred steps. Own way bombards some houses where cut off themselves from the Spanish musketeers.
April 5th: Day of the Branches. Initially mass. Own way dislodges initially the Spaniards of the small lazaret, a small rock between the island and the dry land which was used for forty. It puts thirty musketeers at it. Guiche sleeps in Pausilippe.
April 6th: Mass early. The felouques necessary ones to the unloading arrived. The Spaniards “are extremely inconvenienced” by the artillery shootings of Own way. Own way gives efin the attack. Saint-love, a cornet has the arm broken by a mousquetade, it dies about it four days later. The island is taken. But the Spaniards cut off themselves in a tower in the center from the island. She-ass delivers Naples to Don Juan of Austria and to the Spaniards. It gives to the Spaniards the keys of the Tower of the Carmelite friars. The other strategic points of the city are delivered to the Spaniards. Don Juan transmits almost at once the authority on the city to the count d' Onatte. He still more quickly forgets the promise of amnesty and nommeune junta to judge the repsonsables disorders. She-ass and its companions will have the distinct head. Henri II of Own way is made prisoner by the new viceroy of Naples, the count d' Onate. Holy Wednesday, Poderico proposes in Guise - which accepts - to hear Darkness. When the France sends a true fleet (May), it is too late.
May 19th: In May 1648, day of the Rise, Guise embarks on a galère for Spain. Own way will be then treated hard and will remain in Spain until July 1st 1652. It is Condé which will obtain its release.

See too

Kingdom of Naples

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