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Francisco is born in Fuendetodos, Spain
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Goya family moves to Saragossa, where Goya begins school and strarts to show a talent for art.
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He travels to Italy, where he studies the master artists from the past and enters an art show where he wins a second-place prize.
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Goya returns to Spain, where he begins doing some religious paintings.
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Goya marries Josefa Bayeu.
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Goya´s tapestry-design paintings start getting noticed. His soon asked to do portraits for important people, including the Spanish king and his family.
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King Charles IV appoints Goya court painter.
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Francisco spends time in Cádiz while recovering from a mysterious disease. After recovering,some of his paintings take on a new look.
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When the French army invades Spain, Goya creates some of his greatest works showing the horrors of war.
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Goya buys a large country near Madrid, He paints terrifying pictures on the walls of his house for his own enjoyment.
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Francisco retires to the French city of Bordeaux. He concentrates more on miniature paintings, drawings and prints.
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Goya dies at his home in Bordeaux at the age of eighty two.