The modern pizza (as we know it nowadays) has been invented in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito.
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The modern pizza (as we know it nowadays) has been invented in 1889 by Raffaele Esposito.
He named it the Margherita, in honor of Italian king Umberto I’s wife, Queen Margherita… though the full history is rather more complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pizza