Writers in Rome
The atlas holds 67 people and 164 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Thomas Aquinas, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Jimmy Carter.
Notable people
Thomas Aquinas
from 1244 to 1265
2 moments here
Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1689
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1980
2 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Paul the Apostle
from 60 to 64
2 moments here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1977 to 1981
2 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Montesquieu
in 1729
2 moments here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Francis of Assisi
from 1209 to 1215
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Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
François Rabelais
from 1534 to 1535
2 moments here
French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1924 to 1928
2 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1513
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1998
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1917
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Martin Luther
in 1510
1 moment here
German Augustinian friar, priest, theologian, professor, translator, and leading figure of the Protestant Reformation.…
Friedrich Nietzsche
in 1882
1 moment here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1863
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Sigmund Freud
in 1923
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Miguel de Cervantes
in 1569
1 moment here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
Charles Dickens
in 1845
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1926
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Oscar Wilde
in 1877
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Lord Byron
in 1817
1 moment here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Nicolaus Copernicus
in 1500
1 moment here
Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1955
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Moments
- 176 Triumph after the eastern tour Marcus Aurelius
- 383 Move to Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 388 Study of monastic life in Rome Augustine of Hippo
- 1209 Journey to Rome for approval of the Rule Francis of Assisi
- 1215 Attendance at the Fourth Lateran Council Francis of Assisi
- 1244 Meeting the Dominican master general in Rome Thomas Aquinas
- 1265 Papal theologian and teacher at Santa Sabina Thomas Aquinas
- 1300 Observed Jubilee crowds in Rome Dante Alighieri
- 1301 Joined the embassy to Pope Boniface VIII Dante Alighieri
- 1337 First Roman visit Petrarch
- 1341 Poet laureate at Rome Petrarch
- 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
- 1367 Embassy to the papal court in Rome Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1496 Arrives in Rome Michelangelo
- 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1503 Papal-conclave mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1505 Summoned to Rome by Julius II Michelangelo
- 1506 Leaves Rome after papal dispute Michelangelo
- 1508 Returns to Rome from Bologna Michelangelo
- 1509 Visits to Rome Desiderius Erasmus
- 1510 Undertakes mission to Rome Martin Luther
- 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
- 1525 Presentation of Florentine Histories Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1534 First documented Roman mission with Jean du Bellay François Rabelais
- 1534 Settles permanently in Rome Michelangelo
- 1535 Second Roman diplomatic journey François Rabelais
- 1536 Paints The Last Judgment Michelangelo
- 1542 Works in the Pauline Chapel Michelangelo
- 1547 Takes charge at St. Peter’s Michelangelo
- 1550 Sculpts the Bandini Pietà in Rome Michelangelo
- 1564 Dies at Macel de’ Corvi Michelangelo
- 1564 Works on the Rondanini Pietà Michelangelo
- 1569 Serves Cardinal Acquaviva in Rome Miguel de Cervantes
- 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
- 1580 Arrival in Rome at Porta del Popolo Michel de Montaigne
- 1580 Audience with Pope Gregory XIII Michel de Montaigne
- 1580 Roman lodging near Santa Lucia della Tinta Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Treatment at the Roman baths Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Departure from Rome for home Michel de Montaigne
- 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
- 1600 Execution at Campo de' Fiori Giordano Bruno
- 1638 First Roman stay John Milton
- 1638 Dinner at the English College John Milton
- 1639 Second Roman stay John Milton
- 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
- 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
- 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe