29 events with tag "Florence"
1375
ID: 2285
Florence establishes specialized bankruptcy court - Mercanzia handles insolvency cases with summary procedure
ID: 2285
1375
ID: 4793
War of Eight Saints begins - Florence vs Pope Gregory XI, Hawkwood fights for both sides
ID: 4793
1377
ID: 4792
Hawkwood switches to Florence - abandons Pope for Florence, begins long association with republic
ID: 4792
1390
ID: 4797
Hawkwood becomes Florence's Captain-General - permanent command, highest salary in Europe
ID: 4797
1394
ID: 4798
Death of John Hawkwood - dies peacefully in Florence, state funeral, fresco in Duomo by Uccello
ID: 4798
1397
ID: 5126
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici founds Medici Bank - becomes one of Europe's most prosperous financial institutions
ID: 5126
1425
ID: 5162
Masaccio paints Holy Trinity in Santa Maria Novella - first use of mathematical perspective in painting
ID: 5162
1434
ID: 5127
Cosimo de' Medici returns from exile and takes control of Florence - begins 30-year unofficial rule as 'Pater Patriae'
ID: 5127
1436
ID: 4804
Paolo Uccello paints Hawkwood monument - fresco in Florence Cathedral, 'Giovanni Acuto' immortalized
ID: 4804
1436
ID: 5128
Brunelleschi completes dome of Florence Cathedral - engineering marvel without scaffolding, largest masonry dome ever built
ID: 5128
1439
ID: 5050
Council of Florence - another reunion attempt under Pope Eugenius IV, Greeks agree then reject upon return home
ID: 5050
1439
ID: 5129
Council of Florence attempts reunion of Eastern and Western Churches - Cosimo hosts Byzantine Emperor John VIII
ID: 5129
1444
ID: 5130
Cosimo de' Medici founds Biblioteca Medicea (Medici Library) - first European library open to public
ID: 5130
1464
ID: 5133
August 1, 1464
Death of Cosimo de' Medici - 'Father of the Fatherland' buried in San Lorenzo crypt
ID: 5133
1469
ID: 5134
Lorenzo the Magnificent becomes ruler of Florence at age 20 - begins golden age of Renaissance
ID: 5134
1492
ID: 5139
April 8, 1492
Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent - end of Florence's golden age, Savonarola claims deathbed reconciliation
ID: 5139
1494
ID: 5140
Piero the Unfortunate expelled from Florence - Medici bank collapses, Savonarola establishes theocracy
ID: 5140
1497
ID: 5141
February 7, 1497
Bonfire of the Vanities - Savonarola's followers burn art, books, cosmetics, mirrors in Piazza della Signoria
ID: 5141
1498
ID: 87
May 23, 1498
Savonarola burned in Florence - reformer becomes ash in Piazza della Signoria
ID: 87
1498
ID: 5142
May 23, 1498
Savonarola burned at stake in Florence - executed where he held Bonfire of Vanities, ashes thrown in Arno
ID: 5142
1501
ID: 5143
Michelangelo begins carving David from rejected marble block - commissioned by Florence as symbol of republic
ID: 5143
1504
ID: 5144
September 8, 1504
Michelangelo's David unveiled in Piazza della Signoria - symbol of Florentine liberty against tyranny
ID: 5144
1512
ID: 5145
Medici return to Florence with Spanish army - republic overthrown, Machiavelli exiled
ID: 5145
1527
ID: 5151
Florence expels Medici again during Sack of Rome - last Florentine Republic established
ID: 5151
1530
ID: 5152
Siege of Florence ends - Charles V restores Medici, republic falls after 10-month siege
ID: 5152
1532
ID: 5153
Alessandro de' Medici becomes first Duke of Florence - hereditary rule established, end of republic
ID: 5153
1537
ID: 5155
Cosimo I de' Medici becomes Duke - from junior branch, will become Grand Duke of Tuscany
ID: 5155
1550
ID: 5165
Vasari publishes Lives of the Artists in Florence - creates concept of Renaissance, biography as art history
ID: 5165
1732
ID: 497
Lord Charles Sackville establishes first English Masonic Lodge in Italy - 'La Loggia degli Inglesi' in Florence
ID: 497