Leon Battista Alberti vs Mehmed the Conqueror
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Compare the life timelines of Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) and Mehmed the Conqueror (1432–1481) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 40 years, from 1432 to 1472.
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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
Mehmed the Conqueror (1432–1481)
- — Birth of Mehmed in Edirne Verified
- — Sent to Amasya as provincial governor for his princely education Verified
- — First accession to the Ottoman throne as a boy Verified
- — Second accession to the Ottoman throne Verified
- — Conquest of Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire Verified
- — Annexation of the Serbian Despotate Verified
- — Construction of Topkapi Palace begun in Constantinople Verified
- — Conquest of the Empire of Trebizond Verified
- — Ottoman landing at Otranto in southern Italy Verified
- — Death of Mehmed II near Gebze Verified