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Girolamo Savonarola

Italian Dominican friar and preacher (1452-1498)

8 dated entries naming Girolamo Savonarola, drawn from 6 separate years between 1452 CE and 1530 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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15th century

  • 1452September 21 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer (d. 1498)source
  • 1494November 17 – Italian War of 1494–98: The armies of King Charles VIII of France enter Florence. Charles is dissuaded from destroying the city by the Florentine leader, Girolamo Savonarola, who had recently taken control from the Medici family. After being persuaded that he has a divine role of reformation of the Roman Catholic Church, King Charles spares Florence from destruction and leaves the city on November 28, guiding his troops onward toward Rome.source
  • 1497February 7 – At the public square in Florence, on Shrove Tuesday, followers of the charismatic Dominican friar and evangelist Girolamo Savonarola carry out the first "bonfire of the vanities" and burn thousands of artworks, books, clothing, mirrors, music instruments, playing cards and other objects deemed by them to be a temptation to sin.source
  • 1497May 12 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.source
  • 1498May 23 – Girolamo Savonarola, ruler of Florence, is executed for criticizing the Pope.source
  • 1498May 23 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452; executed)source

16th century

  • 1527May 16 – In Florence, the Piagnon, a group devoted to the memory of Girolamo Savonarola, drive out the Medici for a second time, re-establishing the Republic of Florence until 1530.source
  • 1530August 3 – Battle of Gavinana: Florence is captured by Spanish troops under Prince Philibert of Chalon (who is killed in the action). The Piagnon (followers of the memory of Girolamo Savonarola) are overthrown, ending the Siege of Florence, and the Medici are restored, in the person of the Pope's nephew Alessandro de' Medici.source

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