Placidus de Titis was an Olivetan monk and professor of mathematics, physics and astronomy at the University of Pavia from 1657 until his death. Placidus popularized the system of astrological houses
Physiomathematica, sive Coelestis philosophia naturalibus hucusque desideratis ostensa principijs, 1650
The Duchy of Milan was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti family, which had ruled the city since 1277.
The 1422 Battle of Arbedo for control over Bellinzona
The battle of Crevola 1487 securing the Val d'Ossola
Francesco II, the last Sforza that ruled the Duchy