Naples in the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1562 to 1651. The most recorded lives are Miguel de Cervantes, Diego Velázquez and Giordano Bruno.

Miguel de Cervantes
from 1573 to 1575
2 moments here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
Diego Velázquez
from 1630 to 1651
2 moments here
Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Giordano Bruno
from 1562 to 1565
2 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
John Milton
in 1638
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…