CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF PETRARCH'S LIFE.
1304. Born at Arezzo, the 20th of July ix
1305. Is taken to Incisa at the age of seven months, where he remains seven years x
1312. Is removed to Pisa, where he remains seven months . x
1313. Accompanies his parents to Avignon xi
1315. Goes to live at Garpentras xi
1319. Is sent to Montpelier xi
1323. Is removed to Bologna xii
1326. Returns to Avignon loses his parents contracts a friendship with James Colonna .... xiii
1327. Falls in love with Laura ...... xvii
1330. Goes to Lombes with James Colonna forms acquaintance with Socrates and Lselius and returns to Avignon to live in the house of Cardinal Colonna xviii
1331. Travels to Paris travels through Flanders and Brabant, and visits a part of Germany . . . xxiv
1333. His first journey to Rome his long navigation as far as the coast of England his return to Avignon xxxiii
1337. Birth of his son John he retires to Vaucluse . . xxxv
1339. Commences writing his epic poem, "Africa" . xxxviii
1340. Receives an invitation from Rome to come and be crowned as Laureate and another invitation, to the same effect, from Paris ..... xlU
1341. Goes to Naples, and thence to Rome, where he is crowned in the Capitol repairs to Parma death of Tommaso da Messina and James Colonna . xliii
1342. Goes as orator of the Roman people to Clement VI. at Avignon Studies the Greek language under Barlaamo xlviii
1343. Birth of his daughter Francesca he writes his dialogues "De secreto conflictu curarum suarum" is sent to Naples by Clement VI. and Cardinal Colonna goes to Rome for a third and a fourth time returns from Naples to Parma li
1344. Continues to reside in Parma Iviii
1345. Leaves Parma, goes to Bologna, and thence to Verona returns to Avignon Iviii
1346. Continues to live at Avignon is elected canon of Parma lix
1347. Revolution at Rome Petrarch's connection with the Tribune takes his fifth journey to Italy repairs to Parma Ixiv
1348. Goes to Verona death of Laura he returns again to Parma his autograph memorandum in the
