Historical figures in Venice
The atlas holds 54 people and 86 moments here, from 1220 to 2007. The most recorded lives are Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi and Petrarch. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1934
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Albrecht Dürer
from 1494 to 1506
3 moments here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Antonio Vivaldi
from 1678 to 1736
4 moments here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Arthur Conan Doyle
in 1891
1 moment here
Scottish-born British physician and writer best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1818 to 1822
2 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Charles Dickens
in 1844
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Chulalongkorn
in 1897
1 moment here
Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was King of Siam from 1868 until 1910. His reign combined state centralization, legal and social reform, and diplomacy…
Claudia Cardinale
from 1957 to 1993
2 moments here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Dante Alighieri
in 1321
1 moment here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1995
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Diego Velázquez
from 1629 to 1651
3 moments here
Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1948
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Francis of Assisi
in 1220
1 moment here
Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1880 to 1887
3 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Galileo Galilei
in 1592
1 moment here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
George Eliot
in 1880
1 moment here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
George Sand
in 1833
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Giordano Bruno
from 1591 to 1592
3 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1363 to 1367
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1689 to 1690
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1834
1 moment here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Heath Ledger
in 2007
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
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:…
Moments
- 1220 Return to Italy via Venice Francis of Assisi
- 1254 Born in Venice Marco Polo
- 1269 Meets his returning father in Venice Marco Polo
- 1295 Returns to Venice after twenty-four years Marco Polo
- 1299 Returns home after release Marco Polo
- 1321 Journey through Venice Petrarch
- 1321 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
- 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
- 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
- 1353 Peace embassy to Venice Petrarch
- 1362 Residence at Palazzo Molina Petrarch
- 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1367 Venice visit Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1372 Final diplomatic speech in Venice Petrarch
- 1494 First Italian journey: Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1494 Brief stay in Venice Michelangelo
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Letter from Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1506 Second Venetian residence Albrecht Dürer
- 1523 First stay in Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1524 Return to Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1525 Wool Guild mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1529 Flees toward Venice Michelangelo
- 1535 Arrival in Venice before reunion Ignatius of Loyola
- 1537 Ordination in Venice Ignatius of Loyola
- 1580 Visit to Venice Michel de Montaigne
- 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
- 1600 First Italian stop in Venice Peter Paul Rubens
- 1629 First Italian journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1639 Stay in Venice John Milton
- 1649 Second Italian journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1651 Return journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1678 Birth in Venice Antonio Vivaldi
- 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1703 Violin teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà Antonio Vivaldi
- 1720 Return to Venice from Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
- 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
- 1736 Venice letter to a patron Antonio Vivaldi
- 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1771 Stays in Venice Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Takes lodgings in Venice Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1790 Makes second Italian journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Visits Venice on Grand Tour Simón Bolívar
- 1816 Visit to San Lazzaro degli Armeni Lord Byron
- 1816 Winter in Venice Lord Byron
- 1818 First Italian journey through Venice Arthur Schopenhauer