Historical figures in Florence

The atlas holds 38 people and 82 moments here, from 1217 to 1963. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo and Niccolò Machiavelli. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.

Notable people

1. Mark Twain

   from 1892 to 1903

   2 moments here

   Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…

2. Michael Faraday

   in 1814

   1 moment here

   English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…

3. Michelangelo

   from 1475 to 1530

   11 moments here

   Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…

4. Michel de Montaigne

   in 1581

   1 moment here

   French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…

5. Montesquieu

   in 1728

   1 moment here

   Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

6. Niccolò Machiavelli

   from 1469 to 1527

   6 moments here

   Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

7. Olivia de Havilland

   in 1962

   1 moment here

   Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…

8. Peter Paul Rubens

   in 1601

   1 moment here

   Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

9. Petrarch

   in 1305

   1 moment here

   Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

10. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    from 1874 to 1890

    3 moments here

    Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…

11. Raphael

    in 1504

    2 moments here

    Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…

12. Simón Bolívar

    in 1805

    1 moment here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

13. Thomas Hobbes

    in 1636

    1 moment here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1770

    1 moment here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

Moments

1. 1642 Died at Villa Il Gioiello Galileo Galilei
2. 1689 Florence visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
3. 1689 Departure from Florence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
4. 1728 Arrival in Florence Montesquieu
5. 1770 Meets the grand duke in Florence Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6. 1786 Makes a three-hour visit to Florence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
7. 1805 Visits Florence Simón Bolívar
8. 1814 Diamond experiments in Florence Michael Faraday
9. 1820 Birth at Villa Colombaia Florence Nightingale
10. 1822 Second Italian journey in Florence Arthur Schopenhauer
11. 1828 Italian journey at Florence Heinrich Heine
12. 1837 Second Italian journey: Florence Honoré de Balzac
13. 1862 Visited Florence on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14. 1869 Completed The Idiot in Florence Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15. 1874 Italian journey: Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
16. 1878 Residence in Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
17. 1890 Florentine work on The Queen of Spades Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
18. 1892 Resides in Florence Mark Twain
19. 1901 First Italian journey: Florence Hermann Hesse
20. 1903 Moves to Florence for Olivia's health Mark Twain
21. 1907 Florence Charterhouse visit Le Corbusier
22. 1907 Italian Grand Tour Le Corbusier
23. 1910 Studio in Fiesole Frank Lloyd Wright
24. 1925 University of Florence teaching Enrico Fermi
25. 1938 First cartoon published Federico Fellini
26. 1940 Meets Mussolini in Florence Adolf Hitler
27. 1943 Transfer to the University of Florence Italo Calvino
28. 1948 IUPAP meeting intervention in Florence Lars Onsager
29. 1955 Mille Miglia at Florence Juan Manuel Fangio
30. 1958 Fiorentina friendly Garrincha
31. 1962 Light in the Piazza filming in Florence Olivia de Havilland
32. 1963 Florence exhibition and civic honor Le Corbusier

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