Political Leaders in Venice
The atlas holds 15 people and 24 moments here, from 1254 to 1987. The most recorded lives are Marco Polo, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Lord Byron.
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.…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
Niccolò Machiavelli
in 1525
1 moment here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Simón Bolívar
in 1805
1 moment here
Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1600
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Montesquieu
in 1728
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1580
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Moments
- 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 Undertook an embassy to Venice Dante Alighieri
- 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
- 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
- 1363 Visit to Petrarch in Venice Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1367 Venice visit Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
- 1525 Wool Guild mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1580 Visit to Venice Michel de Montaigne
- 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
- 1600 First Italian stop in Venice Peter Paul Rubens
- 1689 First Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1690 Second Venice stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
- 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
- 1934 First visit to Venice as chancellor Adolf Hitler
- 1987 Attends Venice economic summit Ronald Reagan