Sistine Chapel ceiling
1508–1512 · Work
Michelangelo paints the chapel's vault for Pope Julius II, including the Genesis scenes and the Creation of Adam; among the most celebrated works of Western art.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, Renaissance, Painting & Sculpture, Christianity
Around 1508
- Spanish Reconquista last campaign (1482)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- English Reformation (1533)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Michelangelo (1475)