Historical figures in Lucca
The atlas holds 13 people and 24 moments here, from 56 BC to 1922. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Dante Alighieri and Enrico Fermi. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Dante Alighieri
from 1289 to 1314
3 moments here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Enrico Fermi
from 1918 to 1922
3 moments here
Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…
Galileo Galilei
from 1564 to 1589
4 moments here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
Heinrich Heine
in 1828
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Hermann Hesse
in 1901
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
John Milton
from 1638 to 1639
2 moments here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Julius Caesar
in 56 BC
1 moment here
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, general, orator and author whose career spanned the late Roman Republic.…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1503
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Lord Byron
in 1821
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1581
3 moments here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Niccolò Machiavelli
from 1509 to 1520
2 moments here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Petrarch
in 1312
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Pompey
in 56 BC
1 moment here
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman of the late Roman Republic.…
Moments
- 56 BC Meets Pompey and Crassus at Lucca Julius Caesar
- 56 BC Conference at Luca Pompey
- 1289 Witnessed Caprona's capitulation Dante Alighieri
- 1308 Stayed in Lucca Dante Alighieri
- 1312 Childhood at Pisa Petrarch
- 1314 Possible later return to Lucca Dante Alighieri
- 1503 Joins the campaign near Pisa Leonardo da Vinci
- 1509 Entry into Pisa after surrender Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1520 Commercial mission to Lucca Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
- 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
- 1581 Residence in Pisa Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Election news at Lucca Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Return to Lucca from Bagni della Villa Michel de Montaigne
- 1583 Observed the cathedral lantern Galileo Galilei
- 1589 Began teaching mathematics at Pisa Galileo Galilei
- 1638 Journey through Pisa John Milton
- 1639 Excursion to Lucca John Milton
- 1821 Move to Pisa Lord Byron
- 1828 Italian journey at Lucca Heinrich Heine
- 1901 Excursion to Pisa Hermann Hesse
- 1918 Student residence at Scuola Normale Enrico Fermi
- 1920 Physics department admission Enrico Fermi
- 1922 Doctoral thesis submission Enrico Fermi