Bologna in the Renaissance
The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 1320 to 1530. The most recorded lives are Michelangelo, Nicolaus Copernicus and Petrarch.
Notable people
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1506
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
from 1496 to 1497
2 moments here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Petrarch
from 1320 to 1322
2 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
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…
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
in 1530
1 moment here
Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…
Moments
- 1320 Arrival for studies at Bologna Petrarch
- 1322 Return to Bologna Petrarch
- 1494 Takes refuge in Bologna Michelangelo
- 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Tutoring residence in Bologna Desiderius Erasmus
- 1506 Reconciles with Julius II in Bologna Michelangelo
- 1530 Imperial coronation by Clement VII Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor