Frida Kahlo is born in Coyoacan, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City
Originally born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón in Coyoacan, Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City
Kahlo is stricken with polio, which leaves her with a limp
Kahlo is involved in a bus accident and sustains serious injuries to her spine, pelvis and right leg. Because of these injuries, she undergoes more than 30 operations during her lifetime.
While recovering from the accident, Kahlo begins to paint. About 150 of Kahlo's works have survived, and most of them are self-portraits.
Kahlo marries Mexican painter Diego Rivera
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The couple both engage in extramarital affairs: Rivera with Kahlo's younger sister, Cristina; Kahlo with both men and women.They then get divorced and re married to eachother within this time period.
Kahlo began teaching, and her students are known as "Fridos." Numerous operations force her to leave teaching, and she resumes her prolific painting career.
Kahlo has her first solo exhibition in Mexico; it's the only exhibition held in her native country during her lifetime. Kahlo attends the show on a stretcher; later that year, her right leg is amputated below the knee because of gangrene.
Kahlo dies in her sleep. Many believe her death was caused by embolism; some suggest it was suicide