Historical figures in Cremona
The atlas holds 5 people and 9 moments here, from 55 BC to 1893. The most recorded lives are Giuseppe Verdi, Virgil and Niccolò Machiavelli. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Historians, across the Age of Exploration and the Renaissance.
Notable people
Giuseppe Verdi
from 1813 to 1893
5 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Niccolò Machiavelli
in 1526
1 moment here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Pope Gregory V
in 998
1 moment here
Gregory V, born Bruno of Carinthia, was pope from 996 until 999. A cousin and former chaplain of Emperor Otto III, he was elected in Rome, crowned…
Pope Paul III
in 1543
1 moment here
Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1534 until 1549.…
Virgil
in 55 BC
1 moment here
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
Moments
- 55 BC Completed his Cremona boyhood Virgil
- 998 Passage through Cremona Pope Gregory V
- 1526 Mission to the League army Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1543 Meeting with Charles V at Busseto Pope Paul III
- 1813 Birth at Le Roncole Giuseppe Verdi
- 1823 Schooling in Busseto Giuseppe Verdi
- 1849 Return to Busseto for Luisa Miller Giuseppe Verdi
- 1851 Moves into Sant'Agata Giuseppe Verdi
- 1893 At Villa Verdi with Boito Giuseppe Verdi