Timeline

Michelangelo

  • Mar 6, 1475

    Born

    Born in Caprese, Toscana, Italy
  • Period: Apr 17, 1475 to Apr 17, 1564

    was a sculptor, painter and architect

  • Jun 6, 1475

    his father worked for the florentine government

    shortly after his birth his family returned to florence, the city micheleangelo would always consider his true home
  • Period: Apr 13, 1489 to Apr 13, 1492

    his years with the Medici family

    permitted him access to the social elite of Florence
  • Jun 8, 1495

    began work as a sculptor

  • Apr 13, 1504

    michelangelos reputation was firmly established

    michelangelos reputation was firmly established
  • Jul 2, 1505

    began work on a planned group

  • Jul 16, 1505

    Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt him a grand tomb

    Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt him a grand tomb
    with 40 life size statues, and he began work
  • Apr 12, 1508

    called back to rome

  • Apr 17, 1508

    was contracted to create artwork

  • May 27, 1508

    at the age 17 he bagean dissectinf corpses

    at the age 17 he bagean dissectinf corpses
    from the churchyard
  • Dec 26, 1532

    Michelangelo had an attachment to noble, Tommaso de' cavalieri

  • Oct 18, 1534

    left florence to go back to rome

  • May 16, 1547

    michelangelo"s friend Colonna passed away

  • Feb 18, 1564

    Michelangelo passed away

  • 1520-1527 his work on the interior of the Medici Chapel in Florence

    of the Medici Chapel in Florence