41 events with tag "Medici"
1397
ID: 5126
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici founds Medici Bank - becomes one of Europe's most prosperous financial institutions
ID: 5126
1402
ID: 5166
Medici bank opens Rome branch - manages papal finances, becomes most profitable branch
ID: 5166
1414
ID: 5167
Medici bank finances Council of Constance - Giovanni de' Medici accompanies Pope John XXIII
ID: 5167
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
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: 5169
Medici bank begins decline under Piero - bad loans to princes, mismanagement by agents
ID: 5169
1464
ID: 5133
August 1, 1464
Death of Cosimo de' Medici - 'Father of the Fatherland' buried in San Lorenzo crypt
ID: 5133
1467
ID: 2288
Medici bank develops holding company structure - separate partnerships in each city under central control, early corporate group
ID: 2288
1469
ID: 5134
Lorenzo the Magnificent becomes ruler of Florence at age 20 - begins golden age of Renaissance
ID: 5134
1469
ID: 5164
Ficino completes Latin translation of Plato's complete works - first in West, transforms European philosophy
ID: 5164
1472
ID: 5170
Medici bank's Bruges branch collapses - Tommaso Portinari's loans to Charles the Bold fail
ID: 5170
1478
ID: 5135
April 26, 1478
Pazzi Conspiracy - Giuliano de' Medici murdered in cathedral during Mass, Lorenzo wounded but escapes
ID: 5135
1482
ID: 5136
Botticelli paints Birth of Venus for Medici villa - Neo-Platonic allegory becomes icon of Renaissance
ID: 5136
1486
ID: 5137
Pico della Mirandola writes 'Oration on the Dignity of Man' - Renaissance manifesto on human potential, protected by Lorenzo
ID: 5137
1489
ID: 5138
13-year-old Michelangelo joins Medici household - Lorenzo recognizes genius, treats him as son
ID: 5138
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
1512
ID: 5145
Medici return to Florence with Spanish army - republic overthrown, Machiavelli exiled
ID: 5145
1513
ID: 5147
Machiavelli writes The Prince in exile - dedicates to Lorenzo de' Medici (Duke of Urbino), hopes for return
ID: 5147
1513
ID: 5146
March 11, 1513
Giovanni de' Medici becomes Pope Leo X - first Medici pope, patron of arts, sells indulgences
ID: 5146
1520
ID: 5148
Michelangelo designs Medici Chapel and tombs - New Sacristy at San Lorenzo with allegorical sculptures
ID: 5148
1523
ID: 5149
November 19, 1523
Giulio de' Medici becomes Pope Clement VII - second Medici pope, will face Sack of Rome and English Reformation
ID: 5149
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
1533
ID: 5156
Catherine de' Medici marries future Henry II of France - will become Queen, mother of three French kings
ID: 5156
1537
ID: 5155
Cosimo I de' Medici becomes Duke - from junior branch, will become Grand Duke of Tuscany
ID: 5155
1537
ID: 5154
January 6, 1537
Alessandro de' Medici assassinated by cousin Lorenzino - called 'the Tyrant', last of main Medici line
ID: 5154
1560
ID: 5157
Catherine de' Medici becomes Regent of France - rules for son Charles IX, navigates Wars of Religion
ID: 5157
1569
ID: 5158
Cosimo I elevated to Grand Duke of Tuscany by Pope - Medici achieve sovereign princely status
ID: 5158
1572
ID: 5159
August 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - Catherine de' Medici implicated in killing thousands of Huguenots
ID: 5159
1574
ID: 5160
April 21, 1574
Death of Cosimo I - established Medici as hereditary rulers, patron of arts and sciences
ID: 5160
1587
ID: 5171
Ferdinando I de' Medici becomes Grand Duke - leaves cardinalate, marries, restores Medici prosperity
ID: 5171
1600
ID: 5172
October 6, 1600
Marie de' Medici marries Henry IV of France - second Medici queen of France, mother of Louis XIII
ID: 5172
1610
ID: 5173
Marie de' Medici becomes Regent of France after Henry IV assassinated - rules for young Louis XIII
ID: 5173
1737
ID: 5174
July 9, 1737
Death of Gian Gastone de' Medici - last male Medici, Grand Duchy passes to House of Lorraine
ID: 5174
1743
ID: 5175
February 18, 1743
Death of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici - last Medici, leaves art collection to Florence 'in perpetuity'
ID: 5175