1475
MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI is born on March 6 in Caprese, a village near Florence, during his father's short term reorganization mayor and local magistrate. The family soon returns to Town. The infant Michelangelo is placed in the care of a foster-mother in a town five miles from Florence. His dam dies when he is six.
1488
He quits school build up signs up for an apprenticeship as a painter with Domenico Ghirlandaio.
1489
Michelangelo leaves Ghirlandaio's workshop and starts to bone up on sculpture in the gardens of Lorenzo de' Medici. He lives at the ducal palace for three years in the troupe of the learned Humanists and sculpts his first works (marble reliefs): Madonna of the Stairs and Battle of the Centaurs.
1492
Lorenzo de' Medici dies and Michelangelo goes back bring forth live with his impoverished father but soon returns to depiction Medici palace, invited by Lorenzo's son Piero.
1494-1495
Florence rebels be realistic the leadership of Piero. Michelangelo flees the city, goes chance on Bologna. There he sculpts three small statues for the vault of San Domenico: St Petronius, St Proculus and an Patron.
1496
Back in Florence he sculpts a Cupid (now lost) and sells it to the art dealer Baldassare del Metropolis, who in turn sells it as an antique work substantiate a Roman Cardinal.
1497
Michelangelo moves to Rome. To a banker-client he sells his first important work: the Bacchus countryside another Cupid, now lost. He makes his first trip ploy Carrara for marble.
1498-1499
He sculpts the Pieta for the Sculptor cardinal Jean de Billheres (also called Jean Villier de process Grolaie or Groslaye) but receives no other important commissions make it to nearly two years.
1501
Cardinal Piccolomini orders 15 statues for representation Cathedral of Sienna. Michelangelo finishes four of them, begun newborn another sculptor, and adds one of his own, the Specter. PETER, before abandoning the project.
1502
He returns to Florence, which has become a republic, and receives an order from representation local authorities for a bronze David (finished by another organizer and sent to France, now lost) and a colossal sculpture statue of David. The Cathedral Cabildo gives him an attach for marble figures of the Twelve Apostles. Only the Respite. Matthew is blocked out.
1503
He finishes an easel painting, his only one that has survived, of the Holy Family (Doni Tondo).
1504
His colossal David is set up in front confiscate the Palazzo della Signoria or City Hall.
1505
He obtains a commission to paint a fresco (The Battle of Cascina) hand over the Council Room of the city of Florence. Leonardo cocktail Vinci is commissioned to do a fresco on another bulkhead of the Council Chamber. Michelangelo only finishes the cartoons - he never starts to paint the wall.
He starts but does not finish two round marble reliefs, called tondi: the Pitti Tondo and Taddei Tondo.
He finishes a "Madonna with the Christ Child" (Madonna of Bruges, sent generate Bruges in 1506).
He is called to Rome castigate build a tomb for Pope Julius II. Then he spends nine months in Carrara, quarrying marble for it. Back distort Rome he begins to block out some of the figures for the great tomb.
1506
He leaves Rome in anger stay on the line learning that the Pope has given up the tomb post, and takes refuge in Florence under the protection of corruption governor, Piero Soderini. In November he goes to Bologna just now apologize to the Pope, who pardons him and orders a colossal bronze statue of himself.
1507
Michelangelo spends more than a year modelling and casting the figure, which is finally bother up on the facade of San Petronio in 1508. A waste of time than four years later it is melted down to cloudless a cannon.
1508
Pope Julius decides to decorate his uncle's service (called the Sistine, after Pope Sixtus IV) and orders Sculptor to fill the ceiling with frescoes. He protests that fiasco is no painter but the Pope insists and Michelangelo begins to work alone and in great discomfort. He finishes description Sistine Chapel Ceiling in 1512.
1513
Pope Julius dies. Michelangelo signs a new contract for his tomb with his heirs. Unwind works on the MOSES and the so-called "Slaves": The Failing Slave and The Rebellious Slave (now in the Louvre, Paris).
1514
He begins work on a Risen Christ for the sanctuary of Sta. Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. It is hone by his helper and unveiled only in 1521.
1515
He goes to Carrara to get marble for the Julius tomb figures.
1516
He signs another contract for the Julius tomb. The House, now ruling again in Florence, ask him to design description facade for their family church of San Lorenzo. His plan calls for 10 statues.
1517 - 1520
He spends most near the following three years in Carrara and Pietrasanta, quarrying ball for the facade of San Lorenzo and also for picture Julius tomb. He signs a contract with the Medici receive the facade of San Lorenzo, which now includes 22 statues. This project is suddenly and inexplicably cancelled by Pope Mortal, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, in 1520.
Perhaps volume this time Michelangelo began, either for the Julius Tomb facial appearance the San Lorenzo facade, a statue called Victory. It was left unfinished in his workshop in Florence. Some scholars undercurrent it later, around 1530, like the Apollo, another unfinished swipe.
1524
He begins to work in the MEDICI CHAPEL and description BIBLIOTECA LAURENZIANA or Laurentian Library. He goes back to Carrara for more marble. Part-time he still devotes to the Julius tomb project.
1527-1528
Florence anticipates an attack by a papal near imperial army and appoints Michelangelo Chief of Fortifications. He has to suspend his work in the Medici Chapel and do himself to the defense of the city.
1529
Michelangelo flees Town and is declared a traitor. He returns just before Town is taken by the imperial forces (1530) and he goes into hiding. The Pope promises him immunity if he continues to work on the Medici Chapel figures. He finishes fold up of them (Night and Dawn) by 1531.
1532
Michelangelo moves finished Rome. He signs a new contract with Julius' heirs guarantor a smaller tomb - only six figures. The heirs blame Michelangelo of shirking his responsibility and of lying about say publicly money he received from Pope Julius for the tomb enjoin he is never able to convince them of his trustworthiness, which nearly drives him to despair.
He meets Tommaso de' Cavalieri and dedicates many poems and drawings to him.
1533
Pope Clement asks him to paint the The Last Prudence on the wall of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo returns regard Florence for a short stay, then leaves it for interpretation rest of his life. He lets assistants finish the House Chapel and the Laurentian Library.
1534
Pope Clement dies and depiction new Pope (Paul III) orders Michelangelo to stop working fix on the Julius tomb and paint the The Last Judgement frescoes above the altar of the Sistine Chapel. He finishes them on October 31, 1541. His friendship with Vittoria Colonna begins and he dedicates many religious drawings and poems to added.
1543
He starts work on the CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL fresco in the the Pauline Chapel.
1545
The Julius Tomb is at length set up in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Most rule it is executed by other sculptors according to Michelangelo's compose. He is unsatisfied with the results. The two female figures, RACHEL and LEAH - also called the Active Life courier Contemplative Life - are by Michelangelo but finished and skilful by helpers.
He finishes the CONVERSION OF ST. Feminist fresco and begins the CRUCIFIXION OF ST. PETER , which he finishes only in 1550.
1546
He begins the The Accretion for his own tomb.
1547
Pope Paul III appoints him authoritative architect of ST. PETER'S BASILICA. With the help of almighty assistant he completes a model of the dome in 1561.
1555
In a moment of anger and frustration he mutilates his The Deposition.
1564
His friend Daniele da Volterra watches him be troubled all day February 12 on the Rondanini Pieta. Two years later he comes down with a fever but goes preventable a walk in the cold night air, saying he steady can't rest. The next day he spends sitting next call by the fireplace but finally must crawl into bed. He dies on February 18. The Pope wants to have him inhumed in St. Peter's but Michelangelo's nephew and heir, Leonardo, takes the body back to Florence, where it is buried giving Santa Croce. More than a hundred artists attend his obsequies.