Verdi's predecessors who influenced his music were Rossini, Bellini, Giacomo Meyerbeer and, most notably, Gaetano Donizetti and Saverio Mercadante.

* April 8 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer ( b. 1797 )

* November 29 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer ( d. 1848 )

While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Gaetano Donizetti or Gioachino Rossini beyond his own lifetime, he composed as impressive a number of works as either ; and his development of operatic structures, melodic styles and orchestration contributed significantly to the foundations upon which Giuseppe Verdi built his dramatic technique.

Gaetano Donizetti.

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (; 29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848 ) was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy.

Gaetano Donizetti.

::( From a poem composed by 14-year-old Gaetano Donizetti )

* Allitt, John Stewart, Gaetano Donizetti – Pensiero, musica, opere scelte, Milano: Edizione Villadiseriane, 2003

* Cassaro, James P., Gaetano Donizetti – A Guide to Research, New York: Garland Publishing.

* Gossett, Philip, " Anna Bolena " and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985

* Keller, Marcello Sorce, " Gaetano Donizetti: un bergamasco compositore di canzoni napoletane ", Studi Donizettiani, III ( 1978 ), 100-107.

* Keller, Marcello Sorce, " Io te voglio bene assaje: a Famous Neapolitan Song Traditionally Attributed to Gaetano Donizetti ", The Music Review, XLV ( 1984 ), no.

Also published as: " Io te voglio bene assaje: una famosa canzone napoletana tradizionalmente attribuita a Gaetano Donizetti, La Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, 1985, no.

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* Gaetano Bisleti ( 5 November 1916 – 17 December 1928 )

* 1840 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Régiment receives its first performance in Paris.

* 2003 – Gaetano Alibrandi, Papal diplomat ( b. 1914 )

* 1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

* 1901 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy ( b. 1869 )

* May 22 – Gaetano Bresci Italian anarchist and assassin ( born 1869 )

* July 29 – King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

* February 11 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment premieres in Paris.

* June 2 – Rino Gaetano, Italian singer-songwriter ( b. 1950 )

* The Church of Saint Gaetano Catanoso ( 1879 – 1963 ) on via Catanoso in the Santo Spirito neighborhood.

* Gaetano Catanoso ( 1879 – 1963 ), saint, priest

Pope Nicholas III ( c. 1210 / 1220 – 22 August 1280 ), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was Pope from 25 November 1277 until his death.

* The church of San Gaetano ( 1574 – 1586 ) was designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, on an unusual octagonal plan.

* November 21 – Gaetano Braga, cellist and composer, 78

* August 1 – Gaetano Antoniazzi, violin-maker, 71

** 1920 – 3 September 1920 Gaetano Conti Manzoni

* Gaetano Cicognani ( 7 December 1953 – 18 November 1954 )

* Tito Manlio ( Turin, 1743 ) – libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte

* Cajo Mario ( Rome, 1746 ) – libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte

* Talestri ( Rome, 1751 ) – libretto by Gaetano Roccaforte