Saturday, 10 October 2015

Veronica Franco | Timeline

Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th-century Venice. (Wikipedia)

January(?) 1(?), 1546 - Venice - Veronica Franco is born
August 10, 1564 - Venice - Writes her first testament =(START)
January(?) 1(?), 1565 - Venice - Veronica is listed as one of the foremost courtesans of Venice in the "Catalogo de tutte le principal et più honorate cortigiane di Venetia)
July 1, 1574 - Venice - Encounters with future King of France, Henry III, just arriving from Poland
January(?) 1(?) 1575 - ? - Veronica is forced to leave the City because of the Plague. First Volume of Poetry "Terze Rime"
January(?) 1(?) 1577 - Venice - Returns to Venice. Defends herself before the Inquisition.
November 6, 1580 - Venice - Offers her second book "Lettere Familiari" to Michel de Montaigne
July 22, 1591 - Venice - Veronica Franco dies =(END)

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