Historical figures in Padua
The atlas holds 14 people and 19 moments here, from 59 BC to 1984. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Educators, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Antonio Vivaldi
in 1712
1 moment here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1984
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1507
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Galileo Galilei
from 1592 to 1610
3 moments here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
Giordano Bruno
in 1591
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1351 to 1368
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
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:…
Ignatius of Loyola
in 1523
1 moment here
Basque Spanish priest, former soldier, and founder of the Society of Jesus. His documented movements span Gipuzkoa, Castile, Catalonia, France, the…
James Joyce
in 1912
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
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…
Livy
in 59 BC
1 moment here
Titus Livius, known as Livy, was a Roman historian born at Patavium (modern Padua). The surviving evidence for his movements is sparse: the principal…
Nicolaus Copernicus
in 1501
1 moment here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Petrarch
from 1349 to 1374
3 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in 1771
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
- 59 BC Birth at Patavium Livy
- 1349 Canonry possession at Padua Petrarch
- 1351 Mission and meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1368 Final meeting with Petrarch Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1373 Return to Arquà Petrarch
- 1374 Death at Arquà Petrarch
- 1501 Medical studies in Padua Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1507 Advanced Greek study in Padua Desiderius Erasmus
- 1523 Transit through Padua Ignatius of Loyola
- 1591 Geometry lectures in Padua Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei
- 1592 Opened his Padua professorship Galileo Galilei
- 1610 Occupied his Via dei Vignali house Galileo Galilei
- 1712 Performance at the Basilica of Saint Anthony Antonio Vivaldi
- 1771 Day in Padua Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Arrives in Padua Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1901 First Italian journey: Padua Hermann Hesse
- 1912 Teaching examinations in Padua James Joyce
- 1984 Honorary doctorate at the University of Padua Chien-Shiung Wu