| Timeline |
| 1475 |
Born 6 March in Caprese, Republic of Florence |
| 1481 |
Mother dies |
| 1485 |
Father remarries, family moves to Via dei Bentacordi, Florence, Michelangelo attends the grammar school of Francesco da Urbino |
| 1487 |
Joins workshop of painter Domenico Ghirlandaio |
| 1489 |
Studies in the sculpture school of the Medici gardens |
| 1492 |
Patron Lorenzo dies |
| 1494 |
Expulsion of the Medici from Florence - Michelangelo in Venice then Bologna |
| 1495 |
First trip to Rome |
| 1495 |
Returns to Florence |
| 1499 |
Studies with Purugino in Perugia |
| 1505 |
Called to Rome by Pope Julius II to design his tomb - spends 8 months in Carrara choosing marble |
| 1506 |
Dismissed from tomb project in April, Returns to Florence |
| 1508 |
Summoned again to Rome - begins work on Sistine Chapel ceiling |
| 1513 |
Pope Julius II dies, leaving 10,000 ducats to complete the tomb |
| 1515 |
Named Superintendent of Ancient Monuments |
| 1524 |
Begins designs for the Laurentian Library |
| 1528 |
The Last Republic in Florence - the new government asked him to prepare plans for defence against the assault |
| 1529 |
Florence under siege by by the combined forces of Pope Clement VII and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V - Michelangelo becomes a member of the Nove della Milizia, the nine-man body in charge of the city's forces, in the capacity of an expert on fortifications |
| 1530 |
Michelangelo pardoned by Clement VII after two months hiding in a cell underneath the Medici Chapel, on condition that the artist will continue work on the Sistine Chapel |
| 1534 |
Father dies |
| 1534 |
Leaves Florence forever after being accused of treason for fleeing the city in 1529. "I never knew a people more ungrateful and arrogant than the Florentines" |
| 1535 |
Named 'Supreme Architect, Sculptor and Painter' of the papal palace by Pope Paul III |
| 1546 |
Appointed chief architect of St. Peter's and the Farnese Palace |
| 1555 |
Death of Francesco Amadori (l'Urbino), Michelangelo's favourite assistant and friend |
| 1564 |
Dies 18 February in Rome |
