Beretta, Bartolomeo (1490 - 1565)

Founder

Bartolomeo Beretta was known as a maestro da canne, or master gun-barrel maker, for the republic of Venice as early as 1526. In 1526, Bartolomeo was paid by the Arsenal of Venice to make 185 arquebus barrels. His son Giovannino inherited his father’s work in Gardone Val Trompia, and thereafter the family business was handed down over the centuries in an unbroken chain from fathers to sons or, more lately, nephews. Pietro Beretta..
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variant spelling:
Beretta, Bartolomeo

Curriculum vitae

* 1490	Gardone Val Trompia (BS)	born
1526		First written document about the company
1526		Bartolomeo Beretta opens an armory
† 1565	Gardone Val Trompia (BS)	died
1680		Pietro di Ludovico Beretta founds the Company
1904		Pietro Beretta succeeds his father in the direction of thef actory
1949		the company became “Pietro Beretta Arms Works Limited”

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_23897004.html

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Beretta, Bartolomeo (1490 - 1565)