In 1741, the allied Spaniards and Neapolitans had advanced towards Modena, the Duke of which state had allied himself with them, but the vigilant Austrian commander, Count Otto Ferdinand von Traun had out-marched them, captured Modena and forced the Duke to make a separate peace.

Ferdinand had hoped for a repeat of the events of 1799, when a popular uprising in Calabria eventually caused the downfall of the Parthenopaean Republic, a French client state created after the Neapolitans were defeated the first time during the War of the Second Coalition.

The Princesse des Ursins had indulged in a great deal of unofficial diplomacy at Rome, more particularly with Neapolitans and Spaniards of rank, whom it was desirable to secure as French partisans in view of the approaching death of Charles II of Spain, and the plans of Louis XIV for placing his family on the Spanish throne.

Murat and the Neapolitans had reached the zenith of their campaign.

Because a mainland Southern Italian team had never won the league before, this turned Diego Maradona into a cultural, social and borderline religious icon for Neapolitans, which stretched beyond the realms of just football.

By the end of April 1815, Murat had lost all the early gains he made at the start of the war as two advancing Austrian corps under the command of Generals Bianchi and Neipperg forced the Neapolitans southeast to a base in Ancona.

The Neapolitans had mustered some 24, 000 men for the defence of Messina and the other fortresses.

Charles swept away any resistance in Italy and soon forced the Neapolitans to sign a treaty of peace ; the latter was dealt by Trivulzio, who in the meantime had been named commander-in-chief of the Neapolitan army.

Later, Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis noted on a radio interview that Pandev had taken a pay cut to join the Neapolitans, with the President noting this as a sign of commitment to the club and fans.

In exchange for the recognition of Joan II of Naples, Martin obtained the restitution of Benevento, several fiefs in the Kingdom of Naples for his relatives and, above all, an agreement that Muzio Attendolo, then hired by the Neapolitans, should leave Rome.

Chris Wickham states Louis spent five years campaigning to reduce then occupy Bari, " and then only to a Byzantine / Slav naval blockade "; " Louis took the credit " for the success, adding " at least in Frankish eyes ", then concludes by noting that by remaining in southern Italy long after this success, he " achieved the near-impossible: an alliance against him of the Beneventans, Salernitans, Neapolitans and Spoletans ; later sources include Sawadān as well.

However, Philip II of Macedon ( father of Alexander the Great ), the major Greek leader of the time, was busy fighting further east, so the Neapolitans could not look to the Greeks for assistance.

In central Italy an army of Spaniards and Neapolitans was collected for the purpose of conquering the Milanese.

Nonetheless, ragtag groups of Neapolitans loyal to Francis would fight on against the Italian government for years to come.

In 1646, Thomas Francis was put in command of the French expedition sent south to take the Tuscan forts, after which he was to advance further south to Naples, drive out the Spanish and put himself on the throne of the kingdom ; but the expedition set off late, and when he besieged Orbetello, the supporting French fleet was defeated by the Spanish and he was forced to raise the siege and conduct a difficult retreat, which he performed so poorly that Cardinal Mazarin subsequently despised his command ability, viewed him as incompetent, and declined to appoint him to the expedition that France sent to support the Naples revolt late in 1647 ( this did not stop Mazarin from considering him as a potential candidate for a French-backed King of Naples, though Paris was so slow to move on this that Henry II, Duke of Guise was adopted by the Neapolitans instead ).

In 1646, Thomas was put in command of the French expedition sent south to take the Tuscan forts, after which he was to advance further south to Naples, drive out the Spanish and put himself on the throne of the kingdom ; but the expedition set off late, and when he besieged Orbetello, the supporting French fleet was defeated by the Spanish and he was forced to raise the siege and conduct a difficult retreat, which he performed so poorly that Cardinal Mazarin subsequently despised his command ability, viewed him as incompetent, and declined to appoint him to the expedition that France sent to support the Naples revolt late in 1647 ( this did not stop Mazarin from considering him as a potential candidate for a French-backed King of Naples, though Paris was so slow to move on this that Henry II, Duke of Guise was adopted by the Neapolitans instead ).

As a representative of the Maltese people, Ball was not allowed to take part in the negotiations, while the Neapolitans were excluded for diplomatic reasons.

He married poet Laura Beatrice Mancini in 1840, and she ran a literary salon for liberal-minded Neapolitans out of their house.

A controversial set of events set off at the 1990 World Cup, when Maradona made comments pertaining to North-South inequality in the country and the risorgimento, asking Neapolitans to root for Argentina in the semi-finals against Italy in Naples.

The area was mostly developed in the 1970s and 1980s, with huge, high-rise residential blocks, in particular after the 1980 earthquake with construction of housing for displaced Neapolitans.

The casualties were 8, 000 Neapolitans and 1, 000 French.

With the French artillery finally able to bombard the walls with their full potential, the Neapolitans eventually surrendered on 18 July, freeing Masséna's I Corps.

From Sperlonga, the French began working their way overland across the mountains, to outflank the Neapolitans at the old villa, and by dawn on the 29th were in position to attack.

Indeed, the weaker the French Republic seemed, the more seriously the Austrians, the Neapolitans, the Russians and the British actually discussed this possibility.

In 1488 the Neapolitans offered him the crown of the Kingdom of Naples, and René set an expedition to gain possession of the realm ; he was however halted by the new French king, Charles VIII, who intended to claim the realm himself.

Supported by the French, the Catalonians, Neapolitans, and Portuguese rose up in revolt against the Spanish in the 1640s.

The French sailors, " republican agents ", were allowed to land on this occasion, inculcating their anti-monarchical sentiments in the Neapolitans.

" Wittgenstein was insisting that a proposition and that which it describes must have the same ' logical form ', the same ' logical multiplicity ', Sraffa made a gesture, familiar to Neapolitans as meaning something like disgust or contempt, of brushing the underneath of his chin with an outward sweep of the finger-tips of one hand.

In 1742, Traun held his own with ease against the Spanish and Neapolitans.

* June 14, 2009: during a Lega Nord meeting in Pontida, he has been filmed while singing a song with the following lyrics ( bare, literal translation from Italian ): " Oh what a bad smell, even the dogs run away: Neapolitans are coming!

However, the tactless Guise rapidly alienated the Neapolitans, and wielded little influence with Cardinal Mazarin.

After several engagements the Neapolitans were forced to retire after the Battle of Tolentino ( to which Pepe participated ), and eventually agreed to the Treaty of Casalanza by which Murat was to abandon the kingdom ; but the Neapolitan officers retained their rank under Ferdinand IV who now regained the throne of Naples.

The major remaining independent Greek settlement was Neapolis, and when the town was eventually captured by the Samnites, the Neapolitans were in need of help.

The Neapolitans captured Massa and Carrara in March.

After fighting elsewhere in which the Neapolitans were ultimately defeated, the last of them – c. 3, 000 troops Colonel Perrone – were holed up in Capua.

Mazzini accused the British government of having passed information about the expeditions to the Neapolitans, and question was raised in the British Parliament.

In August 1830 the opera La Muette de Portici, involving the repression of Neapolitans, was staged in Brussels.

The Neapolitans were infuriated by the blockade ; and in June, Charles of Salerno armed the newly launched fleet at Naples and embarked on 5 June to destroy the blockading squadron.

The Neapolitans appealed to Rome, which sent an army and expelled the Samnites from Neapolis.

Italians, and especially Neapolitans, pay special attention to the preparation, the selection of the blends and the use of accessories, all part of a special culture focused on the drink.

San Gennaro ( September 19 ) is another popular saint, especially among Neapolitans.

It was at this stage that problems emerged between the supporters of the Neapolitans and those preferring the Royal Navy.

Plagued by cold and heavy rains, the Neapolitans fell back along the Appian Way.