Balilla
Genoese boy who started the 1746 anti-Habsburg revolt (1735–1781) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Fascist organization, see Opera Nazionale Balilla. For other uses, see Balilla (disambiguation).
Balilla was the nickname of Giovanni Battista Perasso (1735–1781), a Genoese boy who, according to tradition, started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces that occupied the city in the War of the Austrian Succession by throwing a stone at an Austrian official.
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