Ruggieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Claude Ruggieri Claude Ruggieri (1777 – 30 August 1841) was a pyrotechnician in Paris, France, who developed and wrote about innovations in fireworks design. He and others in his family were renowned and patronized by royalty for their creation of great firew ...

(1777–1841), fireworks producer and designer * Gaetano Ruggieri, fireworks producer and designer, famous for his involvement in the fireworks in London in 1749 to celebrate the peace

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) The 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, sometimes called the Treaty of Aachen, ended the War of the Austrian Succession, following a congress assembled on 24 April 1748 at the Free Imperial City of Aachen. The two main antagonists in the war, ...

. It was for this celebration that George Frideric Handel wrote

Music for the Royal Fireworks The ''Music for the Royal Fireworks'' ( HWV 351) is a suite in D major for wind instruments composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. The ...

* Francesco Ruggieri, luthier (maker of violins and related instruments), whose children were notable luthiers as well *

Marina Ruggieri Marina Ruggieri from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional associatio ...

, Italian engineer *

Michele Ruggieri Michele or Michael Ruggieri (1543– 11 May 1607), born Pompilio Ruggieri and known in China as Luo Mingjian, was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary. A founding father of the Jesuit China missions, co-author of the first European–Chinese ...

, Jesuit missionary in China, the first European sinologist * Ève Ruggiéri, French producer on television and radio, born in Limoges on l3th March 1939 The Ruggieri family name is spread all over the last few centuries. In 1210 AD, King Roger the First ruler southern Italy and Sicily and from his rule many people took his name. The first name was always shown last; therefore, the family names were shown in front. For example, Micale Ruggieri. Roger was translated into the singular Ruggiero group of Ruggiero’s became the plural Rogers or Ruggieri. The first to show up was in the 1400s when Geromino Ruggieri was a member of Christopher Columbus' crew on the Santa Maria. Then, the first Catholic missionary to enter China about 1565 was Micale Ruggieri, a Jesuit, (Marco Polo went to China earlier, but he was a merchant). When the Jesuit Micale returned to Italy, he was assigned to Florence where he taught relatives the art of making firework displays that he learned in China. The Ruggieri's became world renowned for their great ability to construct firework displays that rivaled the Aurora Borealis.

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