Historical figures in Turin
The atlas holds 16 people and 19 moments here, from 218 BC to 1945. The most recorded lives are Friedrich Nietzsche, Italo Calvino and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Constantine the Great
in 312
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 306 to 337. Born at Naissus, Constantine served under Diocletian and Galerius in the eastern empire, joined his father in Britain,…
David Hume
in 1747
1 moment here
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist. Hume’s documented movements include formative stays in Bristol and France; residences at…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1506
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
François Rabelais
in 1540
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1888 to 1889
3 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1862
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Giuseppe Verdi
in 1859
1 moment here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Hannibal
in 218 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal (Hannibal Barca) was a Carthaginian general and statesman, born at Carthage in 247 BC.…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1836
1 moment here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Italo Calvino
from 1941 to 1945
2 moments here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1728
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Juan Perón
in 1939
1 moment here
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Le Corbusier
in 1936
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
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.…
Thomas Jefferson
in 1787
1 moment here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
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
- 218 BC Arrival in Piedmont Hannibal
- 312 Enters Turin after victory Constantine the Great
- 1506 Doctorate at Turin Desiderius Erasmus
- 1540 Residence in Turin François Rabelais
- 1728 Catholic baptism in Turin Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1728 Audience in Turin Montesquieu
- 1747 Military embassy at Turin David Hume
- 1771 Sojourns in Turin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1787 Visited Turin during European tour Thomas Jefferson
- 1836 Italian mission to Turin Honoré de Balzac
- 1859 Political delegation in Turin Giuseppe Verdi
- 1862 Traveled through Turin Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1888 First major Turin residence Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1888 Returns for final Turin stay Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1889 Collapses at Piazza Carlo Alberto Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1936 Lingotto factory visit Le Corbusier
- 1939 Semester at the University of Turin Juan Perón
- 1941 Agriculture student at the University of Turin Italo Calvino
- 1945 Settlement in Turin after liberation Italo Calvino