Sicilian Vespers Rebellion

Date: March 30, 1282 • Location: San Cataldo, Italy

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1282.

The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

Sicily, officially the Sicilian Region, is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the twenty regions of Italy, situated south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe. With over 4.7 million inhabitants, including 1.2 million in and around the capital city of Palermo, it is both the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea.