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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. It's near midnight on July 26th, 1755 in Venice.

30 year old Jackamo Casanova stumbles drunkenly through the door of his apartment, bumps into a table in the darkness,

and knocks a glass of wine to the floor.

He manages to find his way to his bed. He pulls off his boots and flops onto his back, but his head

barely hits the pillow. When the door crashes back open and a group of men rushes into the room.

Although alcohol has slowed his reflexes,

Casanova still lurches to his feet and grabs for the sword he keeps next to his bed.

Swinging it wildly, he squints as he tries to recognize the men in the darkness.

They might be the angry husbands of Casanova's many lovers,

or possibly their victims of Casanova's many lovers were possibly their victims of Casanova's many frauds.

But after a moment, an authoritative voice orders Casanova to lower his weapon he's under arrest.

Casanova drops the sword and two of the men grab him holding him upright while another

shackles his wrists.

It seems that justice has finally caught up with Venice's most infamous scoundrel.

Giacamo Casanova's arrest doesn't come as a surprise to most Venetians.

For years he's been known for his sorted love affairs, tasteless

pranks and fraudulent get-rich quick schemes. But Casanova won't allow the authorities to keep him down for long and his notoriety will reach

new levels when he breaks out of prison 15 months after his arrest on July 26, 1755.

How do I cope with waiting for results? It's all I can think about.

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