Writers of the Renaissance

The atlas holds 26 people and 441 moments here, from 1300 to 1600.

Moments

  1. 1373 First Dante lecture at Santo Stefano Giovanni Boccaccio
  2. 1374 Residence above Aldgate Geoffrey Chaucer
  3. 1374 Death at Arquà Petrarch
  4. 1375 Death at Certaldo Giovanni Boccaccio
  5. 1377 Peace mission to Montreuil-sur-Mer Geoffrey Chaucer
  6. 1377 Peace mission to Paris Geoffrey Chaucer
  7. 1377 Secret mission in Flanders Geoffrey Chaucer
  8. 1378 Envoy to the Visconti in Milan Geoffrey Chaucer
  9. 1386 Member of the Wonderful Parliament Geoffrey Chaucer
  10. 1390 Robbed at Hatcham Geoffrey Chaucer
  11. 1390 Robbed at Westminster Geoffrey Chaucer
  12. 1399 Residence in the Westminster Abbey close Geoffrey Chaucer
  13. 1400 Death in London Geoffrey Chaucer
  14. 1452 Born near Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
  15. 1466 Birth in Rotterdam Desiderius Erasmus
  16. 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
  17. 1469 Birth in Florence Niccolò Machiavelli
  18. 1473 Birth in Toruń Nicolaus Copernicus
  19. 1475 Brought to Florence as an infant Michelangelo
  20. 1475 Born at Caprese Michelangelo
  21. 1476 Childhood move to Gouda Desiderius Erasmus
  22. 1478 Latin-school education in Deventer Desiderius Erasmus
  23. 1478 Witnesses a contract in Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
  24. 1478 Birth in the City of London Thomas More
  25. 1481 Lives with a stonecutter at Settignano Michelangelo
  26. 1482 Moves to the Sforza court Leonardo da Vinci
  27. 1483 Born in Eisleben Martin Luther
  28. 1484 Seminary schooling in 's-Hertogenbosch Desiderius Erasmus
  29. 1484 Family relocates to Mansfeld Martin Luther
  30. 1485 Birth in Medellín Hernán Cortés
  31. 1487 Novitiate at Stein Desiderius Erasmus
  32. 1488 Profession of vows at Stein Desiderius Erasmus
  33. 1490 Lives in the Medici household Michelangelo
  34. 1490 Consults at Pavia Cathedral Leonardo da Vinci
  35. 1491 Studies at the University of Kraków Nicolaus Copernicus
  36. 1492 Studies at Oxford Thomas More
  37. 1493 Departure from Stein for Brabant Desiderius Erasmus
  38. 1493 Hosted at Santo Spirito Michelangelo
  39. 1494 Brief stay in Venice Michelangelo
  40. 1494 Takes refuge in Bologna Michelangelo
  41. 1494 Legal training at New Inn Thomas More
  42. 1495 Theological study in Paris Desiderius Erasmus
  43. 1495 Paints The Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci
  44. 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
  45. 1496 Student at Lincoln's Inn Thomas More
  46. 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
  47. 1497 Attends school in Magdeburg Martin Luther
  48. 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
  49. 1498 Moves to Eisenach for school Martin Luther
  50. 1498 First diplomatic mission Niccolò Machiavelli

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