Niccolo Machiavelli

  • May 3, 1469

    Machiavelli is born

    Niccolo Machiavelli is born in the age of political turmoil.
  • Period: 1475 to 1507

    Cesare borgias tyranny

    Machiavelli witnesses the brutal and ruthless methods of cesare borgia
  • 1498

    Machiavelli rises to power

    The Medici are expelled and Machiavelli rises to power as one of the only people responsible for making legal documents and as a diplomat on a ten person council. 'Dieci Di liberta e Di pace'
  • 1498

    First mission

    Machiavelli is dispatched to piombino on his first diplomatic mission
  • 1499

    Mission of war

    Machiavelli travels to caterina sforza riariofor a mission
  • Period: 1499 to 1512

    Italian politics unfold

    Machiavelli witnesses first hand what it's like in the political world. Allies,betrayal,deception, assassination
  • 1500

    The cardinal

    Machiavelli meets cardinal George's d'amboise of Rouen
  • 1501

    Marriage

    Machiavelli marries Marietta corsini
  • Period: 1503 to 1506

    Military commander

    Mercenaries were declined memebership and citizens joined the florentine militia.
  • 1513

    Machiavelli publishes 'the prince'

    The prince.... one of the most debated and argued book of the renaissance. Machiavelli wrote it as a gift to the Medici so that they could use it in politics. The book explaines that you have to be a good person and help others but at the same time be strict and ruthless so that people can't take advantage of kindness. If someone breaks the law they should be punished severely rather than given a warning.
  • 1513

    The fall of Machiavelli

    The Medici return to Florence and exile Machiavelli from Florence forever
  • Jun 21, 1527

    Machiavelli dies.

    At the age of 58 Machiavelli leaves the world.
  • 1532

    The prince released

    Five years after his death the prince is published and distributed throughout Europe and is translated into the main languages.(Italian,Latin,Greek etc)