Boccaccio, Giovanni

1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio was born on the 16th of June.

1327 - Moved to Naples when his father was appointed to head the Neapolitan branch of his bank.

     - Boccaccio was apprenticed to the bank and spent six years there.

1341 - Returned to Florence.

1370-1371 - Boccaccio revised and rewrote the Decameron.

1350 - Became closely involved with Italian humanism and also with the Florentine government.

       - His first official mission was to Romagna.

       - He was delegated to greet Francesco Petrarca.

1358 - Wrote story collection "Decameron".

1365 - Returned to work for the Florentine government.

1367 - Boccaccio was again sent to Urban, offering congratulations.

1375 - He died at the age of sixty-two in Certaldo on 21st of December.