Writers in Bologna
The atlas holds 11 people and 14 moments here, from 1222 to 1786. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Nicolaus Copernicus and Petrarch.
Notable people
Dante Alighieri
in 1287
1 moment here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1506
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Francis of Assisi
in 1222
1 moment here
Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
1 moment here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
in 1786
1 moment here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
John Milton
in 1639
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1506
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Montesquieu
in 1729
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
from 1496 to 1497
2 moments here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Petrarch
from 1320 to 1322
2 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Moments
- 1222 Preaching in Bologna Francis of Assisi
- 1287 Probable stay in Bologna Dante Alighieri
- 1320 Arrival for studies at Bologna Petrarch
- 1322 Return to Bologna Petrarch
- 1494 Takes refuge in Bologna Michelangelo
- 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Tutoring residence in Bologna Desiderius Erasmus
- 1506 Reconciles with Julius II in Bologna Michelangelo
- 1639 Journey through Bologna John Milton
- 1689 Bologna stop Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1729 Arrival in Bologna Montesquieu
- 1786 Reaches Bologna Johann Wolfgang von Goethe