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1304 CE - 1374 CE: Life of the Italian poet and scholar Petrarch.
1304 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch is born in Arezzo, Italy.
1316 CE: The Italian scholar and poet Petrarch studies law in Montpellier, France.
1320 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch studies law in Bologna, Italy.
1333 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch rediscovers Cicero's 'lost' Pro Archia in Liège.
1336 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch compiles an edition of works by Virgil.
1337 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch works as a clerk at the Papal court in Avignon.
1341 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch is crowned Poet Laureate in Rome.
1343 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch completes his Secretum meum.
1345 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch rediscovers Cicero's 'lost' Letters to Atticus in Verona.
1346 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch writes his De Vita Solitaria (On the Solitary Life).
1347 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch writes his De Otio Religioso (On Holy Retreat).
1350 CE: The Italian authors and scholars Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio first meet. They become lifelong friends.
1351 CE - 1374 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch works on his allegorical poem Trionfi (Triumphs).
1367 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch moves to Arquà outside Padua.
1370 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch suffers a stroke in Ferrara.
1374 CE: The Italian poet and scholar Petrarch dies at his desk in his home outside Padua.