Duchy of Modena and Reggio. Duke Francis IV dies. Much hated by the liberals of Modena, these verses circulate among them: “When they take him to the cemetery—this duke, finally dead—I pray to God that he will be his clergy—a hundred short-necked torturers—the guillotine be his last candle—may the devil sign his passport—let the police mourn him on their knees—we will put brown on our trotters.” The Risorgimento begins with his son Francis V.
