{"slug": "cosimo-i-de-medici", "label": "Cosimo I de' Medici", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosimo_I_de%27_Medici", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48547", "qid": "Q48547", "description": "Duke of Florence (1519-1574)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1519, 1574], "span_label": ["1519 CE", "1574 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany"], "related": [{"slug": "republic-of-siena", "label": "Republic of Siena", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-spain", "label": "Philip II of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-florence", "label": "Republic of Florence", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#Births", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence is assassinated by Lorenzino de' Medici, a distant cousin, who claims that he wants to reintroduce republican rule but has to flee to Venice. Instead Cosimo I of the junior branch of the Medici becomes the new duke.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#January–March", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – The battle of Montemurlo, an attempt by residents of the former Republic of Florence to overthrow Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence and restore the republican government, ends in failure. The Medici family then takes revenge on the supporters of the Republic, including the Republic commander, General Piero Strozzi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#July–September", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1544, "year_label": "1544 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "After being asked by Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, botanist Luca Ghini comes to the University of Pisa as the chair of botany, where he had the year prior established the Orto botanico di Pisa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947848#Date_unknown", "title": "1544", "revid": 1359947848, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Italian War of 1551–1559: Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of the Florentine Republic, signs a secret treaty with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to conquer the Republic of Siena to bring it back into the Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#October–December", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – The small Stato dei Presidi, a 300 km² section of Spanish territory on the Tuscan coast of Italy, is created by a treaty between Cosimo I de' Medici (Duke of the Florentine Republic and the future Grand Duke of Tuscany) and King Felipe II of Spain. In return, Cosimo receives the rest of the former Republic of Siena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#July–September", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#Deaths", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Deaths"}}]}