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Cosmè Tura

1430 – 1495

Painter, Carpets designer, Court painter, Artist

Cosmè Tura (Italian pronunciation: [koˈzmɛ tˈtuːra]; c. 1430 – 1495), also known as Il Cosmè or Cosimo Tura, was an Italian early-Renaissance (or Quattrocento)…

Matteo Maria Boiardo

1441 – 1494

Poet, Writer

Matteo Maria Boiardo (US: boy-AR-doh, boh-YAR-doh, Italian: [matˈtɛːo maˈriːa boˈjardo]; 1440 – 19/20 December 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet, best know…

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

1463 – 1494

Philosopher, Writer

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (24 February 1463 – 17 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance nobleman and philosopher. He is famed for the events of 1486, whe…

Melozzo da Forlì

1438 – 1494

Painter, Architect

Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 – 8 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. His fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening. H…

Gian Galeazzo Sforza

1469 – 1494

Ruler

Gian Galeazzo Sforza (20 June 1469 – 21 October 1494), also known as Giovan Galeazzo Sforza, was the sixth Duke of Milan. He was the father of Bona Maria Sforza…

Poliziano

1454 – 1494

Poet, Playwright, University teacher, Philologist, Writer, Humanist

Agnolo (or Angelo) Ambrogini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaɲɲolo ambroˈdʒiːni]; 14 July 1454 – 24 September 1494), commonly known as Angelo Poliziano (Italian: [ˈa…

Hans Memling

1435 – 1494

Painter, Artist, Visual artist, Draftsperson

Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born in…

Ferdinand I of Naples

1423 – 1494

Sovereign

Ferdinand I (2 June 1423 – 25 January 1494), also known as Ferrante, was king of Naples from 1458 to 1494. The only son, albeit illegitimate, of Alfonso the Ma…

Domenico Ghirlandaio

1448 – 1494

Painter

Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio (also spelt as Ghirlandajo), was an I…

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

1415 – 1493

Ruler, Mint lord

Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (German: Friedrich III, 21 September 1415 – 19 August 1493) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He w…

Topa Inca Yupanqui

1441 – 1493

Explorer

Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui (Cusco Quechua: Thupa Inka Yupanki, pronounced [ˈtʰupa ˈiŋka juˈpaŋki]), also Topa Inga Yupangui, erroneously translat…

Jami

1414 – 1492

Poet, Writer, Music theorist, Philosopher, Sufi

Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (Persian: نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی; 7 November 1414 – 9 November 1492), also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-…

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Antoine Busnois

1430 – 1492

Composer, Writer, Poet

Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys; c. 1430 – before 6 November 1492) was a French composer, singer and poet of early Renaissance music. Busnois and colleague Johann…

Piero della Francesca

1415 – 1492

Painter, Mathematician, Art theorist

Piero della Francesca ( PYAIR-oh DEL-ə fran-CHESK-ə, US also -⁠ frahn-; Italian: [ˈpjɛːro della franˈtʃeska] ; né Piero di Benedetto de' Franceschi; c. 1415 –…

Pope Innocent VIII

1432 – 1492

Catholic priest

Pope Innocent VIII (Latin: Innocentius VIII; Italian: Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Chur…

Elizabeth Woodville

1437 – 1492

Consort, Aristocrat

Elizabeth Woodville (also spelt Wydville, Wydeville, or Widvile; c. 1437 – 8 June 1492), known as Dame Elizabeth Grey during her first marriage, was Queen of En…

Casimir IV Jagiellon

1427 – 1492

Sovereign

Casimir Andrew Jagiellon (Polish: Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk [kaˈʑimjɛʂ jaɡʲɛ(l)ˈlɔj̃t͡ʂɨk] ; Lithuanian: ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke…

Lorenzo de' Medici

1449 – 1492

Politician, Writer, Poet, Banker

Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492)…

William Caxton

1422 – 1492

Linguist, Translator, Writer, Publisher, Diplomat, Printer

William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England…

Nuno Gonçalves

1425 – 1492

Painter, Portraitist

Nuno Gonçalves (c. 1425 – c. 1491, fl. 1450–71) was court painter to Afonso V of Portugal from 1450 to 1471. Gonçalves is widely considered the most accomplishe…