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Niccolò Machiavelli

Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)

6 dated entries naming Niccolò Machiavelli, drawn from 6 separate years between 1469 CE and 1527 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

  • 1469May 3 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)source
  • 1498June 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.source

16th century

  • 1504In 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.source
  • 1507March 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.source
  • 1513Niccolò 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.source
  • 1527June 21 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (b. 1469)source

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