Michelangelo's major live events

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  • Mar 6, 1475

    Date of birth

    Born in Caprese, Republic of Florence
  • 1488

    Apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio

  • 1490

    Studied scupture at Medici Garden in Florence

  • 1496

    Moved to Rome

  • 1499

    Completed Pieta

    A marble sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Jesus, located in St. Peter's Basilica
  • 1504

    Returned to Florence and created David

    One of his most famous works, representing the biblical hero.
  • 1505

    Commissioned by Pope to paine the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican city

  • 1534

    Settled permanently in Rome

  • 1541

    Painted The last judgement

  • 1546

    Appointed chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica

  • 1564

    Died in Rome at the age of 88

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