News On This Day In History: Dante Alighieri Famous For His ‘Divine Comedy’ Born – On May 9, 1265 AncientPages.com | May 9, 2016 AncientPages.com - On May 9 (or about this day), 1265, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy. He was the Florentine writer, Italy's national poet, best known for his epic Read More