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Michelangelo

Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)

16 dated entries naming Michelangelo, drawn from 13 separate years between 1475 CE and 1972 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Michelangelo Buonarroti in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

  • 1475March 6 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor (died 1564)source
  • 1488Michelangelo Buonarroti becomes apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio.source

16th century

  • 1501Michelangelo returns to his native Florence, to begin work on the statue David.source
  • 1504The Signoria of Florence commissions both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo Vecchio.source
  • 1504September 8 – Michelangelo's sculpture of David is unveiled in Florence.source
  • 1506January 14 – The classical statue of Laocoön and His Sons is unearthed in Rome. On the recommendation of Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo, Pope Julius II purchases it, and places it on public display in the Vatican a month later.source
  • 1508May 8 – Italian renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni of Florence signs a contract with the Vatican to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling, in return for a promised fee of 3,000 gold ducats (equivalent in 2023 to more than U.S. $600,000).source
  • 1508July 27 – The process of removing the former layers of paint on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is completed, and Michelangelo begins the next phase of marking the surface for painting.source
  • 1508December – Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Holy See of Rome, on a commission by Pope Julius II (signed May 10).source
  • 1511August 14 – In Rome, the completed first half of Michelangelo's painting of Biblical scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is unveiled for a select group of patrons and church officials. The viewing is open to the public the next day.source
  • 1512November 1 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.source
  • 1528Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the fortifications of Florence.source
  • 1538Michelangelo starts work on the Piazza del Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.source
  • 1546Michelangelo is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.source
  • 1564February 18 – Michelangelo, Italian artist, architect and sculptor (born 1475)source

20th century

  • 1972May 21 – In St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City), Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's Pietà statue with a geologist's hammer, shouting that he is Jesus Christ.source

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