Historical figures in Naples
The atlas holds 40 people and 67 moments here, from 55 BC to 1990. The most recorded lives are Thomas Aquinas, Cicero and Giovanni Boccaccio. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Ancient World and the Roman Empire.
Notable people
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Milton
in 1638
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1951
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Miguel de Cervantes
from 1573 to 1575
2 moments here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
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.…
Nero
from 59 to 68
4 moments here
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was Roman emperor from 13 October 54 to 9 June 68. This chronology records securely documented physical…
Oscar Wilde
in 1897
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Pablo Neruda
in 1952
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Paul the Apostle
in 60
1 moment here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Petrarch
in 1341
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Pliny the Elder
in 79
3 moments here
Gaius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, military commander, and imperial procurator.…
Pompey
in 49 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.…
Seneca the Younger
in 65
1 moment here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Thomas Aquinas
from 1239 to 1273
5 moments here
Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Virgil
from 30 BC to 19 BC
3 moments here
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
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
- 1851 Antiquarian stay in Naples Gustave Flaubert
- 1860 Return to Naples Alexandre Dumas
- 1863 Visited Naples during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1872 Supervises Aida in Naples Giuseppe Verdi
- 1897 Residence near Naples Oscar Wilde
- 1917 Visit to Naples with Picasso Igor Stravinsky
- 1921 Transit through Naples Golda Meir
- 1922 Fascist rally before the March on Rome Benito Mussolini
- 1932 Boards Suwa Maru at Naples Charlie Chaplin
- 1939 Arrival at Naples Hideki Yukawa
- 1951 Return visit to Naples Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1951 DNA conference presentation in Naples Maurice Wilkins
- 1952 Stay in Naples Pablo Neruda
- 1963 Visited Naples John F. Kennedy
- 1980 Appearance with Joseph Beuys in Naples Andy Warhol
- 1984 Napoli presentation Diego Maradona
- 1990 World Cup semi-final against Italy Diego Maradona