Historical figures in Avignon
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 218 BC to 1928. The most recorded lives are Giovanni Boccaccio, Pablo Picasso and Molière. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Notable people
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1354 to 1365
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1914
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Molière
in 1657
1 moment here
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and theatrical manager.…
John Locke
in 1676
1 moment here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Petrarch
in 1326
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Hannibal
in 218 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1928
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Moments
- 218 BC Crosses the Rhône Hannibal
- 1326 Return to Avignon Petrarch
- 1354 Papal embassy to Avignon Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1365 Embassy to Urban V at Avignon Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1657 Meeting the Mignard brothers in Avignon Molière
- 1676 Spring excursion to Avignon John Locke
- 1914 Lives in Avignon at war's outbreak Pablo Picasso
- 1928 Residence in Provence Gabriela Mistral