Born
1389
Died
1464
Nationality
Italian
Events involving Cosimo de' Medici (the Elder) (8)
1434
ID: 5127
Cosimo de' Medici returns from exile and takes control of Florence - begins 30-year unofficial rule as 'Pater Patriae'
ID: 5127
1435
ID: 5168
Medici bank at peak - branches in Rome, Venice, Geneva, Bruges, London, Avignon, Milan, Pisa
ID: 5168
1439
ID: 5129
Council of Florence attempts reunion of Eastern and Western Churches - Cosimo hosts Byzantine Emperor John VIII
ID: 5129
1440
ID: 5163
Cosimo commissions Fra Angelico to paint San Marco monastery - creates devotional frescoes in each cell
ID: 5163
1444
ID: 5130
Cosimo de' Medici founds Biblioteca Medicea (Medici Library) - first European library open to public
ID: 5130
1453
ID: 5131
Donatello completes bronze David for Medici palace - first free-standing nude sculpture since antiquity
ID: 5131
1459
ID: 5132
Cosimo founds Platonic Academy in Florence - Marsilio Ficino leads revival of Platonism in West
ID: 5132
1464
ID: 5133
August 1, 1464
Death of Cosimo de' Medici - 'Father of the Fatherland' buried in San Lorenzo crypt
ID: 5133