Rulers: • Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474-1489) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Castile and León (1475-1504) • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, Count of…
Month: June 2012
1519
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Federico II Gonzaga, 5th Marquis of Mantua (1519-1530) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) • Henry VIII, Lord of Ireland (1509-1542) • Leo X (Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici), Pope…
1452
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Fernando II de Aragón (1452-1516) • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) • Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Duke of…
1564
Rulers: • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567) Births: • Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Marlowe,…
1475
Rulers: • Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (1474-1489) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Castile and León (1475-1504) • Isabel I, Queen of Castile and León (1474-1504) • Lorenzo I de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1469-1492) Births:…
Michelangelo
(1475–1564) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni The artist’s works: Madonna della Scala c.1490 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Battaglia dei centauri 1490–1492 Casa Buonarroti, Firenze Madonna di Manchester c.1494 National Gallery, London Bacco 1496–1497 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Pietà 1498–1499 San Pietro, Vaticano…
1976
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974-1977) Births: • Cumberbatch, Benedict (1976) • Derqui, Pablo (1976) • Farrell, Colin (1976) • Hawkins, Sally (1976) • Kruger, Diane (1976) • Macdonald, Kelly (1976) • Murphy,…
Alvar Aalto
(1898–1976) Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto The artist’s works: Stacking Armchair 1929 Museum of Modern Art, New York Cantilevered Stacking Side Chair 1930 Museum of Modern Art, New York 31 Armchair 1931–1932 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Paimio Sanatorium 1932 Paimio,…
1680
Events: • Masaccio (1401-1428): Cacciata di Adamo ed Eva dal paradiso terrestre (c.1424-28) has fig leaves added to conceal the genitals of the figures by order of Cosimo III de’ Medici. Deaths: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) • Post, Frans (1612-1680) Art:…
1598
Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598) • Felipe II, King of Portugal (1581-1598) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Events: •…