Gerardus Mercator vs Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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Compare the life timelines of Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1525 to 1594.
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Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)
- — Born in Rupelmonde, County of Flanders Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Leuven Verified
- — Married Barbara Schellekens in Leuven Verified
- — Constructed a celebrated terrestrial globe Verified
- — Imprisoned for several months on suspicion of heresy Verified
- — Moved to Duisburg in the Duchy of Cleves Verified
- — Appointed court cosmographer to Duke Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Verified
- — Published the 1569 world map introducing the Mercator projection Verified
- — Published the first parts of his Atlas Verified
- — Died in Duisburg Verified
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
- — Born in Palestrina, near Rome Verified
- — Choirboy at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome Verified
- — Appointed organist of the cathedral of Palestrina Verified
- — Married Lucrezia Gori Verified
- — Appointed maestro of the Cappella Giulia at Saint Peter's Verified
- — Directed music at St John Lateran and Santa Maria Maggiore Verified
- — Composed the Pope Marcellus Mass Verified
- — Returned to the Cappella Giulia as maestro Verified
- — Widowed by plague and remarried Virginia Dormoli Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified