WHO WAS BORN
1493: Baccio Bandinelli
A scultpor whose work was strongly influenced by Michelangelo, Bandinelli was popular with the Medici in the mid-sixteenth-century. His abrasive personality made him unpopular with contemporary artists, but his sculptures reveal his undeniable talent.
WHO DIED
607: Boniface
Before he became Pope, Bonifac went as a legate to Constantinople and obtained from the emperor Phocas an edict that recognized the see of Rome as the head of all the churches.
1035: Canute the Great
