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Florence in a 1493 woodcut from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle After Lorenzo's death in 1492, his son Piero the Unfortunate took the reins of government, however his rule was short. In 1494, King Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and entered Tuscany on his way to claim the throne of the Kingdom of Naples .
Thomas and Florence had at least eight children: Elizabeth Brugge (c. 1459 – 26 January 1535), married (1) William Cassey (2) Walter Rowdon. There is a commemorative memorial brass plaque on the floor of Eldersfield church.
View of Florence by Hartmann Schedel, published in 1493. Florence originated as a Roman city, and later, after a long period as a flourishing trading and banking medieval commune, it was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. It was politically, economically, and culturally one of the most important cities in Europe and the world from the ...
Venice also made peace, leaving only Florence, which had expelled their Medici rulers in 1527. At Bologna in the summer of 1529, Charles V was named King of Italy; he agreed to restore the Medici on behalf of Pope Clement, who was himself a Medici, and after a lengthy siege, Florence surrendered in August 1530. [63]
The Italian Wars of 1499–1504 are divided into two connected, but distinct phases: the Second Italian War (1499–1501), sometimes known as Louis XII's Italian War, and the Third Italian War (1502–1504) or War over Naples.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The earliest timeline of Florence, the Annales florentini , was created in the 12th century. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
November 9 – The Medici Bank is insolvent and the House of Medici is expelled from Florence. November 10 – Fra Luca Pacioli 's Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità is published in Venice , containing the first printed account of algebra in the vernacular, and the first published description of the double-entry ...
Uffizi Gallery, Florence Pietà is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino , executed around 1483-1493, and housed in the Uffizi Gallery , Florence . History