Political Leaders of the Renaissance
The atlas holds 17 people and 238 moments here, from 1300 to 1600. The most recorded lives are Niccolò Machiavelli, Michel de Montaigne and Leonardo da Vinci.
Moments
- 1370 Military expedition to Picardy Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1373 Diplomatic visit to Florence Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1373 Diplomatic visit to Genoa Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1373 First Dante lecture at Santo Stefano Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1374 Residence above Aldgate Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1375 Death at Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1377 Peace mission to Montreuil-sur-Mer Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1377 Peace mission to Paris Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1377 Secret mission in Flanders Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1378 Envoy to the Visconti in Milan Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1386 Member of the Wonderful Parliament Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1390 Robbed at Hatcham Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1390 Robbed at Westminster Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1399 Residence in the Westminster Abbey close Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1400 Death in London Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1452 Born near Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
- 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
- 1469 Birth in Florence Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1473 Birth in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1478 Witnesses a contract in Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
- 1478 Birth in the City of London Thomas More
- 1482 Moves to the Sforza court Leonardo da Vinci
- 1485 Birth in Medellín Hernán Cortés
- 1490 Consults at Pavia Cathedral Leonardo da Vinci
- 1491 Birth at Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
- 1491 Studies at the University of Kraków Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1492 Studies at Oxford Thomas More
- 1494 Legal training at New Inn Thomas More
- 1495 Paints The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci
- 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1496 Student at Lincoln's Inn Thomas More
- 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1498 First diplomatic mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1499 Mission to Caterina Sforza Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
- 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
- 1500 First French mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1501 Pacification mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1502 Continues to Pesaro Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Inspects Urbino Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Arrives in Cesena Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Observes Rimini's fountain Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Visits Santa Maria del Monte Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Inspects Faenza Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Stays and maps Imola Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Surveys Cesenatico Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Witness to Borgia's reprisals Niccolò Machiavelli