The two brothers were born in Venice and were sons of Baron Francesco Bandiera, an admiral in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, and were themselves members of that service.

The Bandiera brothers spread propaganda among the officers and enlisted men of the Austrian navy, nearly all Italians, and planned to seize a warship to bombard the city of Messina.

Tragically for the Bandiera brothers, they did not find the insurgent band they were told awaited them, so they moved towards La Sila.

On the 23rd of July the two Bandiera brothers and their nine companions were executed by firing squad ; some accounts state they cried " Viva l ’ Italia!

The moral effect was enormous throughout Italy, the action of the authorities was universally condemned, and the martyrdom of the Bandiera brothers bore fruit in the subsequent revolutions.

It also created a profound impression in Great Britain, where it was believed that the Bandiera brothers ’ correspondence with Mazzini had been tampered with, and that information as to the proposed expedition had been forwarded to the Austro-Hungarian and Bourbon governments by their own Foreign Office.

The novel also shows some similarities to Bandiera bianca a Cefalonia, a novel by Marcello Venturi published in 1963, translated in English as The White Flag ( 1969 ).

They were followed by the uprising of 15 March 1844, which reached its climax with the “ noble folly ” of the Bandiera Brothers, who were executed together with some of their followers in the Vallone di Rovito in Cosenza.

in 1837 he established a centre of conspiracy at Malta, endeavoured to dissuade Mazzini from the Bandiera enterprise, but aided Crispi in organizing the Sicilian revolution of 1848.

The remains of the Bandiera Brothers and of their companion Domenico Moro were brought back to Venice on June 18, 1867, following the liberation of that city after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.

* Alfieri's " La Bandiera "-Information on Francesco Alfieri's treatise on flag waving, ' La Bandiera ', published in 1638

In 1843 he organized another riot in Bologna, which attracted the attention of two young officers of the Austrian Navy, Attilio and Emilio Bandiera.

The Flag of Malta ( Maltese: Bandiera ta ' Malta ) is a basic bi-colour, with white in the hoist and red in the fly.

File: Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4. svg | Pre-1738 flag of Sicily

File: Bandiera di Stato e della Marina Mercantile del Governo Provvisorio Toscano ( da 29. 11. 1859 al 22. 3. 1860 ). PNG | 1859 state flag of the Provisional Government of Tuscany ; the civil flag was undifferenced from that of Sardinia.

File: Bandiera dello Stato della Sicilia ( 28. 04. 1848-15. 05. 1849 ). PNG | 1848 – 9 flag of the Provisional Government of Sicily

From 2006 was awarded the Bandiera arancione ( it.

File: Bandiera dell ' Uruguay a Otranto. JPG | Flag in Otranto

File: Bandiera del Regno di Sicilia 4. svg | Kingdom of Sicily flag

The city has been awarded the Bandiera Blu (" Blue Flag ") every year from 2000-2007 for the cleanliness of its beaches and seawater.

Members of the Bandiera Rossa (" Red Flag ") a dissident communist Resistance group, constituted the largest group.

The heroic but hopeless attempt of the Bandiera Brothers, Venetians who had served in the Austrian navy against the Neapolitan Bourbons in 1844, was the first event to cause an awakening of Venetian patriotism.

Nelson publicly encouraged this close bond with his officers and on 29 September 1798 described them as " We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ", echoing William Shakespeare's play Henry V. From this grew the notion of the Nelsonic Band of Brothers, a cadre of high-quality naval officers that served with Nelson for the remainder of his life.

The brothers formed a close-knit family group, and Adela encouraged Stephen to take up the role of a feudal knight, whilst steering Henry towards a career in the church, possibly so that their personal career interests would not overlap.

In Ferrara, the death of Azzo VIII d ' Este without legitimate heirs ( 1308 ) encouraged Clement to bring Ferrara under his direct rule: for only nine years, however, was it governed by his appointed vicar, Robert d ' Anjou, King of Naples, before the citizens recalled the Este from exile ( 1317 ); interdiction and excommunications were in vain: in 1332 John XXII was obliged to name three Este brothers as his vicars in Ferrara.

Clayton encouraged Harmon and his brothers to stay active in various sports before his sudden death in 1953 at age 59.

His father, who got occasional work as a longshoreman, kept boxing gloves around the house and encouraged Graziano and his brothers to fight one another something they didn ’ t see much profit in, since they felt most of their energies ought to be devoted to bringing in money or raiding pushcarts for groceries.

A roller flour mill, later known as the Premier Flour Mill, was constructed close to the centre of the town in 1891 by brothers, Frederick Henry Piesse and Charles Austin Piesse ; this in turn encouraged the local farmers to grow wheat which was at the heart of the town's early economic success.

Although Catherine had not yet taken Potemkin as a lover, it seems likely that she passively — if not actively — encouraged his flirtatious behaviour, including his regular practice of kissing her hand and declaring his love for her: without encouragement, Potemkin could have expected trouble from the Orlovs ( Catherine's lover Grigory and his four brothers ) who dominated court.

From a very large family with five sisters and nine brothers, Henderson was born in Lima, Ohio, and was encouraged by his parents and older brother James T. to study music.

After Trissino's death in 1550, Palladio benefited from the patronage of the Barbaro brothers, Cardinal Daniele Barbaro, who encouraged his studies of classical architecture and brought him to Rome in 1554, and the younger brother Marcantonio Barbaro.

As children in West Oakland, California, the Pointer sisters and brothers were encouraged to listen to and sing gospel music by their parents Reverend Elton and Mrs Sarah Pointer.

His cousins, brothers Lothar and Manfred von Richthofen, both became flying aces and they encouraged him to join the Luftstreitkräfte ( German Imperial Air Service ).

As a child, Murphy frequently joined her two older brothers Thomas and Gowan in their adventures ; their father encouraged this behaviour and often had his sons and daughters share responsibilities equally.

Family lore tells us that Harold and his brothers, Wesley, Clarence, and Loren, were encouraged to run and practice jumping hurdles on the farm.

" Though Nephi encouraged his brothers by reminding them of God's might, it was only with great reluctance that they agreed to press on.

Her father supposedly remarked that if Sarah had only been a boy, " she would have made the greatest jurist in the country " Not only did the denial of education seem unfair, Sarah was further perplexed that while her parents and others within the community encouraged slaves to be baptized and to attend worship services, these believers were not viewed as true brothers and sisters in faith.

The two brothers lived together for a short period of time in the old family homestead in St. Charles, doing farm work to earn a living, and encouraged each other to pursue an education and abandon their father's life of physical labor.

Additionally, all brothers who visit are encouraged to sign the guest book, which amassed quite a collection over the years.

Simpson was encouraged as a schoolboy by his two elder brothers Bill and Jack, who played in first division Sydney Grade Cricket for many years.

His grandsons, the Péreire brothers, Emile Péreire ( 1800 – 75 ) and Isaac Péreire ( 1806 – 80 ), were well-known French financiers and bankers during the second empire who encouraged the construction of the first railway in France in 1835.

Faced with enemies on both sides and a lack of supplies, the Mi brothers encouraged Liu and used their personal wealth to support the army.

His wealth enabled him to be a patron of science and art, among those he encouraged being the brothers Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt.

From a young age, his mother Martina de Estrada Lainez, encouraged her son and his half brothers to play polo.

Heckstall was encouraged to rush, and he recalled that as part of his rush process, a couple of brothers took him to a piano and told him, " We know that you play in church.