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Period: Jan 24, 1475 to Jan 24, 1564
The Life of Michaelangelo
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Mar 6, 1475
Michelangelo born on March 6th, in Caprese
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Jan 1, 1488
He quits school and signs up for an apprenticeship as a painter with Domenico Ghirlandaio.
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Jan 1, 1494
Michelangelo had to flee Florence because he saw a revolution against Piero coming.
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Jan 1, 1495
Florence became a republic (they executed Savonarola) and Michelangelo went back home. He sculpted a marble Cupid
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Jan 1, 1505
Julius II, as soon as he was elected Pope, wanted to do great things and called Michelangelo to Rome to design and build his tomb
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Jan 1, 1506
Michelangelo was so shocked and angered that he destroyed his models, left Rome by night, and went back home to Florence
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Jan 1, 1508
Julius called Michelangelo to Rome to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Jan 1, 1512
The cieling of the Sistine Chaple was finished
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Jan 1, 1520
He spent much of the next few years in the quarries of Carrara and Pietra Santa
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Jan 1, 1532
Without finishing all the figures in the Medici Chapel he left Florence for good
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Feb 12, 1564
He died Feburary 1564 at 89 after a few days with a fever
