Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
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1313 – He is born in Florence (?).
1326 – He moves to Naples with his family.
1330s – His father introduces him to the Neapolitan nobility and the French-influenced court of Robert the Wise (the king of Naples).
1341 – He returns to Florence. He produces Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine.
1342 – He produces Amorosa visione.
1343 – He produces Fiammetta.
1347 – He begins spending time in Ravenna.
1349 – He begins working on the Decameron.
1350 – He travels to Romagna on an official mission.
1359 or 1369 – He completes his Corbaccio.
1360 – He begins working on his De mulieribus Claris.
1361 – A number of Boccaccio’s close friends and other acquaintances are executed or exiled in the purge following the failed coup of 1361.
1365 – He returns to work for the Florentine government.
1370–1371 – He revises and rewrites The Decameron.
1375 – He dies in Certaldo.
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References:
[1] – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio
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