ept. 29
Banishment of Albizzi and
Strozzi
1435 Francesco Sforza visited Florence
1436 Brunelleschi's dome completed
The Duomo consecrated
1439 Council of Florence
Gemisthos Plethon in Florence
1440 Cosimo occupied the Medici Palace
1449 Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent
born)
1452 Ghiberti's second gates set up
Savonarola born
1454 Politian born
1463 Pico della Mirandola born
1464 Cosimo de' Medici died and was
succeeded by Piero
1466 Luca Pitti's Conspiracy
1469 Lorenzo's Tournament, Feb.
Lorenzo's Marriage to Clarice
Orsini, June
Death of Piero, Dec.
Niccolo Machiavelli born
1471 Piero de' Medici, son of Lorenzo, born
Visit of Galeazzo Sforza
to Florence
Cennini's Press established
in Florence
1474 Ariosto born
1475 Giuliano's Tournament
1478 Pazzi Conspiracy
Giuliano murdered
1479 Lorenzo's Mission to Naples
1492 Lorenzo the Magnificent died
Piero succeeded
1494 Charles VIII invaded Italy
Piero banished
Charles VIII in Florence. Sack of
Medici Palace
Florence governed by General Council
Savonarola in power
Politian died
Pico della Mirandola died
1497 Francesco Valori elected Gonfaloniere
Piero attempted to return to Florence
1498 Savonarola burnt
1499 Marsilio Ficino died
Amerigo Vespucci reached America
1503 Death of Piero di Medici
1512 Cardinal Giovanni and Giuliano, Duke of
Nemours, reinstated in Florence
Great Council abolished
1519 Cardinal Giulio de' Medici in power
Catherine de' Medici born
1524 Ippolito and Alessandro de' Medici in power
1526