Historical place archive

Florence in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Florence in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels3 people406–1452

Historical events in Florence

406

23 June 406
Battle of Florence
Stilicho · Roman Empire-Ostrogoth War

Stilichos Roman army beats Radagaisus Barbarians

1439

1439
Council of Florence
John VIII · Roman Catholic Church

To secure protection against the Ottomans, visit Pope Eugene IV and consents to the union of the Greek and Roman churches, which is ratified at the Council of Florence

1439
Unification
John VIII · Roman Catholic Church

To secure protection against the Ottomans, visit Pope Eugene IV and consents to the union of the Greek and Roman churches, which is ratified at the Council of Florence

1452

1452
Council of Florence
Constantine XI · House of Palaeologan

The union between the Roman & Greek Churches is overwhelmingly rejected by his subjects and it dangerously estranged him from his Chief Minister and military commander, the Megas Doux Loukas Notaras

Provenance

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