Vespers are the evening prayers part of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Lutheran prayer service.
Vespers may also refer to:
As a euphemistic term for massacres of specific population groups:
The Sicilian Vespers was a successful rebellion on the island of Sicily that broke out at Easter 1282 against the rule of the French-born king Charles I of Anjou, who had ruled the Kingdom of Sicily since 1266. The revolt came after twenty years of Angevin rule over Sicily, whose policies were deeply unpopular among the Sicilian populace.
Tension may refer to:
Isle of the Dead may refer to:
Kalashnikov may refer to:
Munich is the capital of the German federal state of Bavaria.
A Mustache Pete is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who came to the United States as an adult in the early 20th century.
King Arthur is a legendary king of the Britons.
An elegy is a poem of mourning.
Bloodbath is a Swedish death-metal group from Stockholm.
The Portella della Ginestra massacre refers to the killing of 11 people and 27 wounded during May Day celebrations in Sicily on 1 May 1947, in the municipality of Piana degli Albanesi. Those held responsible were the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano and his gang, although their motives and intentions are still a matter of controversy.
Zong may refer to:
Aragonese or Aragones may refer to:
A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless. It is generally used to describe a targeted killing of civilians en masse by an armed group.
There have been several Aragonese–French wars in history:
Operation Sicilian Vespers could refer to one of the following:
A mafia is an ethnic, family or culture-based organized crime enterprise.
The Ciaculli massacre on 30 June 1963 was caused by a car bomb that exploded in Ciaculli, an outlying suburb of Palermo, killing seven police and military officers sent to defuse it after an anonymous phone call. The bomb was intended for Salvatore "Ciaschiteddu" Greco, head of the Sicilian Mafia Commission and the boss of the Ciaculli Mafia family. Mafia boss Pietro Torretta was considered to be the man behind the bomb attack.
Nova Scotia killings may refer to:
Sicilian revolt can refer to a number of military conflicts involving Sicily, including:
The Sicilian Vespers was a rebellion on the island of Sicily that broke out in 1282.