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6 March 1475- was born in Caprese near Florence (Italy). A few weeks after his birth, the family moved to Florence
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1488 (no specific date)- Michelangelo became apprenticed to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. He then moved into in the household of Lorenzo de' Medici, who was the leading patron of the arts in Florence.
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After the Medici were expelled from Florence, Michelangelo went to Bologna and then, in 1496, to Rome. His more important works were sculptures at the time. (no specific date)
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1497- Michelangelo’s 'Pietà' made him famous. He returned to Florence as a famous sculptor. (no specific date)
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1501-1504- Michelangelo painted 'David' (no specific date)
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1505- Pope Julius II told Michelangelo to go back to Rome and commissioned him to design Julius' tomb. The project was never completed because of quarrels between Julius and Michelangelo and the “many other demands on the artist's time”, although Michelangelo did make a sculpture of Moses for the tomb. (no specific date)
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1508-1512- Michelangelo's next major commission- the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was recognized as a great work of art and from then on Michelangelo was regarded as “Italy's greatest living artist”. Leo X, the new pope, later commissioned Michelangelo to rebuild the façade of the church of San Lorenzo in Florence. They eventually gave up on the project, but it marks the beginning of Michelangelo's activity as an architect. (no specific date)
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1534- Michelangelo returned to Rome. (no specific date)
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1537-1541- Was commissioned to paint 'The Last Judgement' on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.(no specific date)
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From 1546 on- he became more and more active as an architect, on the great church of St Peter's in particular.
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18 February 1564- died in Rome.
