{"slug": "lorenzo-de-medici", "label": "Lorenzo de' Medici", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177854", "qid": "Q177854", "description": "Italian politician, literary man and humanist", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1449, 1492], "span_label": ["1449 CE", "1492 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "republic-of-florence", "label": "Republic of Florence", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "florence", "label": "Florence", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "naples", "label": "Naples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-naples", "label": "Kingdom of Naples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ferdinand-i-of-naples", "label": "Ferdinand I of Naples", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#Births", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Lorenzo de' Medici becomes the Lord of Florence, the de facto executive of the Florentine Republic in Italy, upon the death of his father, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#October–December", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – Volterra, a town in the Republic of Florence in Italy, surrenders after a siege of 25 days by Florentine soldiers under the command of Federico da Montefeltro. Because the town had rebelled against the power of Lorenzo de' Medici, da Montefeltro allows his soldiers on June 18 to pillage Volterra and to commit rape and murder of its citizens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251690#April–June", "title": "1472", "revid": 1365251690, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1478, "year_label": "1478 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – On Easter Sunday, the Pazzi family attacks Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of the Republic of Florence, and kills his brother Giuliano, during High Mass in Florence Cathedral. A total of 80 accused conspirators are executed. With the death of his brother and co-ruler Giuliano, Lorenzo becomes the sole ruler of Florence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855585#April–June", "title": "1478", "revid": 1359855585, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Lorenzo the Magnificent, Lord of the Republic of Florence, and King Ferrante of Naples agree to an alliance between the two Italian nations, and to end the ongoing war that had started in 1479. Lorenzo had traveled to Naples in December to reach a treaty to end the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#January–March", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1488, "year_label": "1488 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Clarice Orsini, Florentine noblewoman and wife of Lorenzo de’ Medici (b. 1453)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368209981#Deaths", "title": "1488", "revid": 1368209981, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1449)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#Deaths", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Deaths"}}]}