Henry the Navigator vs Leon Battista Alberti
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Compare the life timelines of Henry the Navigator (1394–1460) and Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1404 to 1460.
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Henry the Navigator (1394–1460)
- — Born in Porto, Portugal Verified
- — Participated in the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta Verified
- — Sponsored the rediscovery and settlement of Madeira Verified
- — Appointed Grand Master administrator of the Order of Christ Verified
- — Sponsored voyages that discovered the Azores Verified
- — Gil Eanes rounded Cape Bojador under Henry's sponsorship Verified
- — Took part in the failed expedition against Tangier Verified
- — Settled near Sagres in the Algarve
- — Died at Sagres, Portugal Verified
Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472)
- — Born in Genoa Verified
- — Studied at Gasparino Barzizza's school in Padua Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in canon law at Bologna Verified
- — Appointed abbreviator at the papal curia Verified
- — Completed On the Family (Della famiglia) Verified
- — Wrote On Painting (De pictura) Verified
- — Began remodeling the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini Verified
- — Presented De re aedificatoria to Pope Nicholas V Verified
- — Designed the facade of Santa Maria Novella in Florence Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified