Michelangelo

Michelangelo's Birth

Mar 6, 1475

Born in Caprese (Republic of Florence), Italy

Michelangleo Buonarroti

Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564

Michelangelo's mom dies

Jan 1, 1481

She died when he was six . At that time he was living with a family of stonecutters. Soon after his father sent him to learn grammar.

1489 to 1492 He stays with the Medici family

Jan 1, 1489

Michelangelo returns to Florence

Jan 1, 1495

He returns to start waork as a sculptor.

Michelangelo relocates to Rome and sculpts the Pieta

Jan 1, 1498

He finished it in nealy one year .

Michelangelo Sculpts David

Jan 1, 1501

He produced it between 1501-1504. when he moved to Florence hooping, Florentines would understand his message.

Michelangelo finishes the Sistine Cahpel

Jan 1, 1512

Works on Julius II tomb

Jan 1, 1513

He designed the Laurentian Library

Jan 1, 1520

Michelangelo also undertook-between 1519 and 1534 the Medici Tombs

Jan 1, 1525

In 1534, Michelangelo left Florence forever

Jan 1, 1534

Michelangelo unveiles Last Judgment on the far wall of the Sistine Chapel

Feb 1, 1541

Michelangelo gets named chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica

Jan 1, 1546

Vittoria Colonna dies, Michelangelo's Love

Jan 1, 1547

He wrote her 300 poems before she died

Michelangelo Buonarroti died, on February 18th, 1564, after a "slow fever."

Feb 18, 1564