Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian Niccolò Machiavelli was born #OTD in 1469.
The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new princes. "Discourses on Livy" is another important work by Machiavelli, which is a broader political analysis but centers on the concept of republican government, as opposed to the monarchical focus in "The Prince".
