Republic of Florence
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The Republic of Florence (Old Italian: Republica di Fiorenza; contemporary Italian: Repubblica di Firenze), also known as the Florentine Republic (Latin: Res publica Florentina; Old Italian: Republica Fiorentina; contemporary Italian: Repubblica Fiorentina [reˈpubblika fjorenˈtiːna]), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany. The republic originated in 1115, when the Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon the death of Matilda of Tuscany, who controlled vast territories that included Florence.
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Key people
Leonardo da Vinci1452 – 1519Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Dante Alighieri1265 – 1321Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Michelangelo_Daniele_da_Volterra_(dettaglio).jpg)
Michelangelo1475 – 1564Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Niccolò Machiavelli1469 – 1527Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Petrarch1304 – 1374Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Giovanni Boccaccio1313 – 1375Italian author and poet (1313–1375)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Amerigo Vespucci1454 – 1512Florentine explorer, financier, navigator and cartographerSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Donatello1386 – 1466Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Giotto1267 – 1337Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Giorgio Vasari1511 – 1574Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Girolamo Savonarola1452 – 1498Italian Dominican friar and preacher (1452-1498)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)_-_Ritratto_di_Lorenzo_il_Magnifico_-_865_-_Uffizi_Gallery_(cropped).jpg/330px-Bottega_di_Agnolo_di_Cosimo%2C_detto_il_Bronzino_(Firenze_1503-1572)_-_Ritratto_di_Lorenzo_il_Magnifico_-_865_-_Uffizi_Gallery_(cropped).jpg)
Lorenzo de' Medici1449 – 1492Italian politician, literary man and humanistSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Domenico Ghirlandaio1448 – 1494Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Marsilio Ficino1433 – 1499Italian philosopher and Catholic priest (1433–1499)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Luca Paciolic. 1440 – 1517Italian father of accounting (*~1445 – †1517)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Andrea del Verrocchio1435 – 148815th century Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter (c.1435-1488)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Benvenuto Cellini1500 – 1571Florentine sculptor and goldsmith (1500–1571)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Cimabue1240 – 1302Italian artist (1240–1302)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Andrea del Sarto1486 – 1530Italian painter (1486-1530)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Francesco Guicciardini1483 – 1540Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Lorenzo Ghiberti1378 – 1455Italian sculptor and architect (1378–1455)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Giovanni da Verrazzano1491 – 1528Florentine explorer of North America for FranceSource: Wikidata (citizenship)
Filippo Lippi1406 – 1469Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Leonardo Bruni1369 – 1444Italian humanist historian (c. 1370–1444)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1529 – 1530Siege of FlorenceFlorenceThe siege of Florence took place from 24 October 1529 to 10 August 1530, at the end of the War of the League of Cognac. At the Congress of Bologna, the Medici Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V agreed to restore the Medici family in Florence.Source: Wikidata (country)