6 May 1312 - Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna 6 May 1501 – Birth of Pope Marcellus II 6 May 1527- Sack of Rome Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die...
4 May 1493-Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. Pope Alexander VI published a bull, 'Inter caetera', which granted to Spain (the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) all lands to the "west and south"...
9 May 1244-Pope Innocent IV Condemns Jews in Papal Bull 9 May 1439-Birth of Pope Pius III 9 May 1446 - Death of Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples She was the daughter of John of Enghien, Count of Castro, and Sancia Del Balzo and the mother of Caterina...
14 June 1497 - Death of Juan Borgia, Duke of Gandia.He was a member of the House of Borgia and the son of Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia. He was the brother of Cesare, Gioffre, and Lucrezia Borgia. " On the evening of June 14, 1497, Juan’s mother Vannozza...
24 May 1671 - Birth of Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.He was the seventh and last Medicean Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. His sister, Electress Palatine Anna Maria...
20 May 1470 - Birth of Pietro Bembo, cardinal and theologian 20 May 1495-French King Charles VIII leaves Naples 20 May 1503 - Death of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici nicknamed the Popolano, he was an Italian banker and politician, and the brother...
18 May 1474 - Birth of Isabella d'Este.She was Marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure. She was a patron of the arts as well as a leader of fashion, whose innovative style of...
27 May 1508 - Death of Ludovico Sforza (also known as Ludovico il Moro) He was Duke of Milan from 1489 until 1500. A member of the Sforza family, he was the second son of Francesco I Sforza. He was famed as a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists,...
14 May 1493-Death of Nannina de' Medici,born Lucrezia de' Medici, she was the third daughter of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. She was thus the elder sister of Lorenzo de' Medici. She married Bernardo Rucellai. Her father's name was...
17 May 1444-Birth of Sandro Botticelli, painter Primavera (c. 1482): icon of the springtime renewal of the Florentine Renaissance, also at the summer palazzo of Pierfrancesco de' Medici, as a companion piece to the Birth of Venus and Pallas and the Centaur....
04 June 1604-Birth of Claudia de' Medici.She was Regent of the Austrian County of Tyrol during the minority of her son from 1632 until 1646. She was a daughter of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Christina of Lorraine. She was born in...
7 May 1274-The Second Council of Lyon opens in France to regulate the election of the pope. 7 May 1342-Election of pope Clement VI Picture of the day: LORENZO DE MEDICI BY PAT NICOLLE
3 May 1469-Birth of Niccolo de Machiavelli,politician and writer 2 May 1519-Death of Leonardo da Vinci 3 May 1528-Death of Clarice de'Medici, granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent
Cesare Borgia leaving the Vatican (1877) by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri
The Borgia Apartments Detail of fresco Resurrection showing Alexander VI in prayer painted by Pinturicchio
13 May 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
Picture of the day: THE APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN TO POPE CALIXTUS III BY SANO DI, ALSO ANSANO DI PIETRO DI MENCIO PIETRO
16 May 1412- Giovanni Maria Visconti,duke of Milan was stabbed to death at the door of a church 16 May 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
15 May 1252-Torturing People for Confessions Authorized by Pope Innocent IV 15 May 1455-Crusade Against Turks Proclaimed by Pope Calixtus III
2 June 1423-Birth of Ferdinand I also called Don Ferrante, was the King of Naples from 1458 to 1494. He was the son of Alfonso V of Aragon and his mistress, Giraldona Carlino 1535-Birth of Pope Leo XI born Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
23 May 1493 - King Charles VIII & Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis 23 May 1498-Dominican Friar Girolamo Savonarola Executed by Being Burned Alive 23 May 1536 - Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
10 May 1499-Marriage of Cesare Borgia and Charlotte of Albret PORTRAIT OF LUCREZIA BORGIA BY HENDRIK VAN THE ELDER BALEN
31 May 1495 - Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League
26 May 1232-Pope Gregory IX Begins Medieval Inquisition in Aragon 26 May 1328-William of Ockham Forced to Flee Avignon by Pope John XXII 26 May 1478 - Birth of pope Clement VII, born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici
12 May 1590 -Birth of Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
