On this day in 44 BC Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt declared her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
Born on this day in 1840 writer Giovanni Verga
Born on this day in 1896 soprano Rosetta Pampanini
Born on this day in 1900 bass Wilhelm Strienz
Born on this day in 1904 tenor Set Svanholm
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