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| 1406 |
| | | Pisa is captured by Florence, to be followed a few years later by the purchase of the seaport of Livorno | |
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| 1411 |
| | | The linen drapers of Florence commission a statue of St Mark from Donatello, who carves for Orsanmichele the first free-standing Renaissance sculpture | |
|  | Donatello, St George
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| 1418 |
| | | A competition is launched for an architect to construct a dome above Florence's cathedral, and is won by Brunelleschi | |
|  | Florence, the cathedral dome
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| 1423 |
| | | Masaccio paints some of the frescoes in the chapel of a Florentine silk merchant, Felice Brancacci, in Santa Maria del Carmine | |
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| 1430 |
| | | Work begins in Florence on Brunelleschi's Pazzi chapel, which encapsulates in miniature the new ideals of Renaissance architecture | |
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| 1439 |
| | | Florence acquires first-hand experience of Greek culture when Greek Orthodox priests join in a debate on theology, in particular the question of Filioque | |
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| 1439 |
| | | The Seventeenth Ecumenical Council moves from Ferrara, because of the danger of plague, and sets up in Florence | |
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| c. 1443 |
| | | The Dominican convent of San Marco, in Florence, is provided with a serenely beautiful series of frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants | |
|  | Fresco in San Marco Monastery
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| 1462 |
| | | In keeping with his personal interest in Plato, Cosimo de' Medici founds a Platonic Academy in Florence | |
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| c. 1470 |
| | | Sandro Botticelli is established as one of the leading painters of Florence, working in particular for the Medici | |
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