Historedia
Person

Annibale de Gasparis

Events
3
Episodes
5
Years
1849–1852

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Annibale de Gasparis, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Revolutionary Italy 1849: Hygiea, Garibaldi in Rome, fall of Palermo

    1849

    Role: Astronomer

    1. 12 April 1849 · Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteDiscovery of Hygiea

      Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid Hygiea at Naples on 12 April 1849, naming it Igea Borbonica to honor King Ferdinand II.

    2. 30 April 1849 · Porta San PancrazioBattle of Porta San Pancrazio

      On 30 April 1849, Garibaldi's republican army defeated a numerically far superior French force at Porta San Pancrazio in Rome.

    3. 15 May 1849 · PalermoFall of Palermo

      Two Sicilies troops reconquered Palermo on 15 May 1849, crushing the Sicilian republican government.

  2. Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia

    1851

    Role: Astronomer

    1. 29 July 1851 · Naples ObservatoryDiscovery of 15 Eunomia

      Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia on 29 July 1851 at Naples Observatory.

  3. De Gasparis discovers asteroid Massalia at Capodimonte

    1852

    Role: Discoverer

    1. 19 September 1852 · Astronomical Observatory of CapodimonteDiscovery of Massalia

      Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 20 Massalia on 19 September 1852 from the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples.

Sources

  1. 10 Hygiea Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04
  2. Annibale de Gasparis Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
  3. 15 Eunomia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04
  4. 20 Massalia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-04