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

  1. 1522 Later observations from Frombork Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1523 Royal-service correspondence from Easthampstead Thomas More
  3. 1525 Presentation of Florentine Histories Niccolò Machiavelli
  4. 1525 Wool Guild mission Niccolò Machiavelli
  5. 1525 Move to Chelsea Thomas More
  6. 1526 Advances into Buda Suleiman the Magnificent
  7. 1526 Mission to the League army Niccolò Machiavelli
  8. 1526 Commands at Mohács Suleiman the Magnificent
  9. 1527 Death in Florence Niccolò Machiavelli
  10. 1528 First return to Spain Hernán Cortés
  11. 1529 Besieges Vienna Suleiman the Magnificent
  12. 1529 Arrives at Osijek Suleiman the Magnificent
  13. 1529 Peace negotiations at Cambrai Thomas More
  14. 1532 Writes from Osijek Suleiman the Magnificent
  15. 1533 Birth at the family estate Michel de Montaigne
  16. 1534 Presentation to Francis I Jacques Cartier
  17. 1534 First-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
  18. 1534 Appearance before the succession-oath commission Thomas More
  19. 1534 Imprisonment in the Bell Tower Thomas More
  20. 1535 Second-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
  21. 1535 Execution at Tower Hill Thomas More
  22. 1535 Treason trial at Westminster Hall Thomas More
  23. 1536 Return from the second voyage Jacques Cartier
  24. 1537 Leads the Corfu siege Suleiman the Magnificent
  25. 1537 Leaves Avlona for Corfu Suleiman the Magnificent
  26. 1538 Besieges Suceava Suleiman the Magnificent
  27. 1539 Student at the College of Guienne Michel de Montaigne
  28. 1539 Hosting Rheticus at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
  29. 1541 Medical journey to Königsberg Nicolaus Copernicus
  30. 1541 Third-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
  31. 1541 Reaches Buda with relief army Suleiman the Magnificent
  32. 1542 Later life in Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
  33. 1543 Death at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
  34. 1543 Besieges Esztergom Suleiman the Magnificent
  35. 1547 Death at Castilleja de la Cuesta Hernán Cortés
  36. 1557 Councillor of the Bordeaux Parlement Michel de Montaigne
  37. 1557 Death at Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
  38. 1561 Birth at York House Francis Bacon
  39. 1562 With Charles IX at the siege of Rouen Michel de Montaigne
  40. 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
  41. 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
  42. 1566 Dies during the Szigetvár siege Suleiman the Magnificent
  43. 1570 Return to the family estate Michel de Montaigne
  44. 1571 Retirement to the château tower Michel de Montaigne
  45. 1573 Student at Trinity College Francis Bacon
  46. 1574 Moved from Pisa to Florence Galileo Galilei
  47. 1575 Educated at Vallombrosa Abbey Galileo Galilei
  48. 1576 Diplomatic journey to Paris Francis Bacon
  49. 1576 Admission to Gray's Inn Francis Bacon
  50. 1577 Reported baptism in Cologne Peter Paul Rubens

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