Historical figures in Florence
The atlas holds 27 people and 71 moments here, from 1217 to 1963. The most recorded lives are Thomas Hobbes, Michel de Montaigne and Francis of Assisi. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Thomas Hobbes
in 1636
1 moment here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1581
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Francis of Assisi
in 1217
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…
Moments
- 1642 Died at Villa Il Gioiello Galileo Galilei
- 1689 Florence visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Departure from Florence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1728 Arrival in Florence Montesquieu
- 1770 Meets the grand duke in Florence Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Makes a three-hour visit to Florence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Visits Florence Simón Bolívar
- 1814 Diamond experiments in Florence Michael Faraday
- 1822 Second Italian journey in Florence Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Florence Honoré de Balzac
- 1862 Visited Florence on his first European tour Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1869 Completed The Idiot in Florence Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Italian journey: Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1878 Residence in Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1890 Florentine work on The Queen of Spades Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1892 Resides in Florence Mark Twain
- 1903 Moves to Florence for Olivia's health Mark Twain
- 1907 Florence Charterhouse visit Le Corbusier
- 1907 Italian Grand Tour Le Corbusier
- 1940 Meets Mussolini in Florence Adolf Hitler
- 1963 Florence exhibition and civic honor Le Corbusier