{"slug": "niccolo-machiavelli", "label": "Niccolò Machiavelli", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399", "qid": "Q1399", "description": "Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1469, 1527], "span_label": ["1469 CE", "1527 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "florence", "label": "Florence", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leonardo-da-vinci", "label": "Leonardo da Vinci", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pisa", "label": "Pisa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-florence", "label": "Republic of Florence", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-medici", "label": "House of Medici", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#Births", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1498, "year_label": "1498 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Niccolò Machiavelli, who will later be the author of the influential political theory guide The Prince, is elected by the Great Council of Florence as the Secretary of the Second Chancellery of the Republic of Florence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363338704#April–June", "title": "1498", "revid": 1363338704, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1504, "year_label": "1504 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Florence, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli become involved in a scheme to divert the Arno River, cutting the water supply to Pisa to force its surrender: Colombino, the project foreman, fails to follow da Vinci's design, and the project is a major failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936803#Date_unknown", "title": "1504", "revid": 1365936803, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1507, "year_label": "1507 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Italian mercenary leader and former prince Cesare Borgia, later cited by Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince as an example of \"conquest by fortune\", completes his conquest of the Spanish city of Viana by driving out the defenders of the castle of the Count of Lerín, but makes the mistake of pursuing the fleeing enemy by himself. He is killed the next day by his captors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367240730#January–March", "title": "1507", "revid": 1367240730, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Niccolò Machiavelli is suspected of trying to overthrow the House of Medici and is arrested and tortured. He is soon after released and moves to his farm in San Casciano, and writes The Prince.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#Undated", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1527, "year_label": "1527 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (b. 1469)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366980186#Deaths", "title": "1527", "revid": 1366980186, "section": "Deaths"}}]}