Curated category
15th-century people from the Republic of Florence
- Leonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on the 15th of April 1452 near the Tuscan hill town of Vinci. His father, a notary named Ser Piero, and his mother, a…
- MichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni arrived in the world on the 6th of March 1475 within the small town of Caprese.
- Matteo PalmieriMatteo di Marco Palmieri entered the world in 1406 within a middle-class family that held prominent positions in Florence.
- Niccolò de' NiccoliNiccolò de' Niccoli was born in Florence during the year 1364. He lived and died within the same city walls on the 22nd of January 1437.
- Francesco FiorentinoFrancesco Fiorentino appeared in the city of Kraków during February 1502. Prince Sigismund summoned this Italian architect from Florence to his court.
- Niccolò MachiavelliNiccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli entered the world on the 3rd of May 1469 in Florence, Italy. He was the third child and first son of attorney Bernardo di…
- Lorenzo GhibertiLorenzo Ghiberti was born in 1378 in Pelago, a small town located twenty kilometers from Florence. His parentage remains uncertain because his mother Fiore…
- MasaccioTommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone entered the world on the 21st of December 1401 in Castel San Giovanni di Altura. His father worked as a notary while his…
- Amerigo VespucciAmerigo Vespucci was born on the 9th of March 1454 in Peretola, a suburb of Florence. His father Nastagio worked as a notary for the Money-Changers Guild…
- DonatelloIn January 1401, a fifteen-year-old boy named Donato stood accused in the town of Pistoia. He had struck a German man with a wooden stick and drawn blood…
- Filippo BrunelleschiFilippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi entered the world in Florence, Italy, during 1377. His father worked as a notary and civil servant named Brunellesco…
- Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' MediciLorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici entered the world on the 4th of August 1463 in Florence. His father Pierfrancesco de' Medici died when Lorenzo and his…
- Lorenzo de' MediciLorenzo di Piero de' Medici entered the world on the 1st of January 1449. He grew up in a family that already held immense power and wealth.