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

  1. Michelangelo

    from 1494 to 1506

    2 moments here

    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…

  2. 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…

  3. Petrarch

    from 1320 to 1322

    2 moments here

    Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…

  4. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  5. 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…

  6. 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

  1. 1320 Arrival for studies at Bologna Petrarch
  2. 1322 Return to Bologna Petrarch
  3. 1494 Takes refuge in Bologna Michelangelo
  4. 1496 Arrival for studies in Bologna Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. 1497 Aldebaran occultation observation Nicolaus Copernicus
  6. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
  7. 1506 Tutoring residence in Bologna Desiderius Erasmus
  8. 1506 Reconciles with Julius II in Bologna Michelangelo
  9. 1530 Imperial coronation by Clement VII Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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