Vittorio Alfieri
1749 – 1803 · aged 54
Italian noble, dramatist and poet (1749–1803)
- Born
- 16 Jan 1749 · Asti
- Died
- 8 Oct 1803 · Florence
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 16 Jan 1749BornBorn in Asti
- 8 Oct 1803DiedDied in Florence
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1749 – 1803).
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Count Vittorio Amedeo Alfieri (also US: ; Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo alˈfjɛːri]; 16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italian playwright and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, a notable autobiography, and translated Virgil and other works from Latin and Greek. Alfieri's work exerted a profound influence on British Romantic poetry.
Text from the Wikipedia article Vittorio Alfieri, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
- No dated events from their life are recorded yet, beyond birth and death.
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.