Historical figures in Pavia
The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 218 BC to 1894. The most recorded lives are Leonardo da Vinci, Charlemagne and Hannibal. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Scientists, across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Notable people
Leonardo da Vinci
from 1490 to 1510
2 moments here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Charlemagne
from 773 to 774
2 moments here
Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Hannibal
in 218 BC
2 moments 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…
Albert Einstein
in 1894
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Charles Dickens
in 1844
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Petrarch
in 1365
1 moment here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Moments
- 218 BC Captures Clastidium Hannibal
- 218 BC Fights at the Ticinus Hannibal
- 773 Began the siege of Pavia Charlemagne
- 774 Returned to Pavia and accepted its surrender Charlemagne
- 1365 Residence at Pavia Petrarch
- 1490 Consults at Pavia Cathedral Leonardo da Vinci
- 1510 Conducts anatomy at Pavia Leonardo da Vinci
- 1844 Stops overnight at Stradella Charles Dickens
- 1894 Joins family in Pavia Albert Einstein