Biographies are not my greatest passion, by somehow individuals keep popping up in history, so of course there are some articles about individuals here too.

1200s

• Jacopo Tiepolo (c.1170–1249) was the 43rd doge of the Republic of Venice, 1229–1249.
  • Jacopo Tiepolo — the 43rd doge of Venice (chronology).

1300s

• Marin Falier (1274–1355) was the 55th doge of Venice, who was executed for high treason. .
  • Marin Falier – doge and traitor.

1400s

• Bartolomeo Colleoni (c.1400–1475) was a nobleman and condottiero from Bergamo.
  • The statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni.

1500s

• Angela dal Moro (1500s, also known as Zaffetta) was a well-known Venetian courtesan, who also modelled for Titian.
  • Prostitution in Venice.
• Tommaso Rangoni da Ravenna, (1493–1577) was an astrologer and physician, who got rich and famous selling remedies for syphilis.
  • Thomas Philologus Ravennas.
• Bianca Cappello (1648–1687) was a Venetian noblewoman, who eloped with her lover as a teenager, and became Grand Duchess of Tuscany and a Daughter of the Republic.
  • Bianca Cappello — daughter of the Republic (chronology).
• Giacomo Franco (1550–1620) was a Venetian engraver and publisher, best known for collections of prints of Venetian dress and customs.
  • Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane.
• Veronica Franco (1553–1591) was a Venetian poet and courtesan.
  • Prostitution in Venice
  • A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes..

1600s

• Paolo Sarpi (1552–1623) was a Venetian monk and scholar, which the Catholic Church tried to assassinate in 1607.
  • A Roman assassination attempt.

1700s

• Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) was a Venetian painter and miniaturist from the Rococo period.
  • Rosalba Carriera.
  • Miniatures by Rosalba Carriera.
• Gaetano Zompini was a Venetian painter and engraver, famous for his prints of common people on the streets of Venice.
  • Gaetano Zompini and the trades of Venice.
  • Memoria (original) — Gaetano Zompini.
  • Memoria (translation) — Gaetano Zompini.
• Giovanni Grevembroch (1731-1807) was a Venetian artist, probably of Dutch descent, who worked for many years for the Venetian nobleman Pietro Gradenigo. His best known work is the Gli Abiti de Veneziani.
  • Gli abiti de veneziani — by Giovanni Grevembroch.
  • Gli Abiti de Veneziani — Full list.
• Domenico Pizzamano (1748–1817) was a nobleman, who crossed Napoleon in 1797 as commander of the Forte di Sant'Andrea.
  • Domenico Pizzamano.
  • The fortress of Sant’Andrea.

1800s

• Luigi Scolari (c.1843–1859) was Venetian a high-school student, who was killed by Austrian soldiers in 1859.
  • Luigi Scolari.
  • “Il 14 giugno 1859 – memorie” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867).
  • “June 14th 1859 – memories” by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (1867) (translated).
• Giuseppe Tassini (1827–1899) was a Venetian scholar and prolific writer on Venetian history, in particular the Curiosità Veneziane.
  • Curiosità Veneziane by Giuseppe Tassini — online version.

Lists

In the lists section of this website there are, among others, lists of:

• Doges of Venice
• Bishops of Venice
• Patriarchs of Grado and Venice
• Podestà and Mayors of Venice
• Families in the Venetian Nobility