Historical figures in Venice
The atlas holds 36 people and 63 moments here, from 1220 to 2007. The most recorded lives are Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi and Petrarch. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Marco Polo
from 1254 to 1324
6 moments here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Antonio Vivaldi
from 1678 to 1736
4 moments here
Italian Baroque composer, violinist, priest, teacher, and opera impresario. Born in Venice, Vivaldi held long associations with the Ospedale della…
Petrarch
from 1321 to 1372
4 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Friedrich Nietzsche
from 1880 to 1887
3 moments here
German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…
Richard Wagner
from 1858 to 1883
3 moments here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Albrecht Dürer
from 1494 to 1506
3 moments here
German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the Northern Renaissance. Born and died in Nuremberg, Dürer trained there before traveling through the…
Diego Velázquez
from 1629 to 1651
3 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 1591 to 1592
3 moments here
Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1786 to 1790
2 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1529
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Lord Byron
in 1816
2 moments here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1689 to 1690
2 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
from 1818 to 1822
2 moments here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Giovanni Boccaccio
from 1363 to 1367
2 moments here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Adolf Hitler
in 1934
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1987
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
in 1771
1 moment here
Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…
Dante Alighieri
in 1321
1 moment here
Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Galileo Galilei
in 1592
1 moment here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
Charles Dickens
in 1844
1 moment here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Salvador Dalí
in 1951
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1834
1 moment here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1743
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Moments
- 1220 Return to Italy via Venice Francis of Assisi
- 1254 Born in Venice Marco Polo
- 1269 Meets his returning father in Venice Marco Polo
- 1295 Returns to Venice after twenty-four years Marco Polo
- 1299 Returns home after release Marco Polo
- 1321 Journey through Venice Petrarch
- 1321 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
- 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
- 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
- 1353 Peace embassy to Venice Petrarch
- 1362 Residence at Palazzo Molina Petrarch
- 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1367 Venice visit Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1372 Final diplomatic speech in Venice Petrarch
- 1494 First Italian journey: Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1494 Brief stay in Venice Michelangelo
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1506 Letter from Venice Albrecht Dürer
- 1506 Second Venetian residence Albrecht Dürer
- 1525 Wool Guild mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1529 Flees toward Venice Michelangelo
- 1580 Visit to Venice Michel de Montaigne
- 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
- 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
- 1600 First Italian stop in Venice Peter Paul Rubens
- 1629 First Italian journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1639 Stay in Venice John Milton
- 1649 Second Italian journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1651 Return journey: Venice Diego Velázquez
- 1678 Birth in Venice Antonio Vivaldi
- 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1703 Violin teacher at the Ospedale della Pietà Antonio Vivaldi
- 1720 Return to Venice from Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
- 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
- 1736 Venice letter to a patron Antonio Vivaldi
- 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1771 Stays in Venice Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1786 Takes lodgings in Venice Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1790 Makes second Italian journey Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1805 Visits Venice on Grand Tour Simón Bolívar
- 1816 Visit to San Lazzaro degli Armeni Lord Byron
- 1816 Winter in Venice Lord Byron
- 1818 First Italian journey through Venice Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1822 Second Italian journey via Venice Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1834 Stays in Venice Hans Christian Andersen
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Venice Honoré de Balzac
- 1844 Experiences Venice Charles Dickens