Sicilian Vespers, 30 March 1282. (revolt in Palermo against the French foreign rule in Sicily). "French cruelties during the Sicilian Vespers". Copper engraving by Matthäus Merian t. E. (1593-1650). From: Johann Ludwig Gottfried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt a. M. (M.Merian) 1630, S. 596. Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.