1477. Titian born at Cadore in the Friuli, north of Venice.
Circa 1488. Removal to Venice.
Bet. 1507-1508. Work on frescoes of Fondaca de' Tedeschi with
Giorgione.
1511. In Padua and Vicenza. Frescoes in the Scuola del Santo, Padua.
Circa 1512. Marriage.
1516. Assumption of the Virgin begun for the Church of the Frari,
Venice.
Titian's first connection with Alfonso I. and the Court of
Ferrara.
1518. Assumption finished.
1519. Visit in Ferrara, and the Bacchanal, now in the Madrid Gallery.
1522. Altarpiece for Brescia, and short visit there.
1523. Visits at Mantua and Ferrara.
1524. Visit in Ferrara.
Circa 1525. Birth of Titian's son Pomponio.
1526. Pesaro Madonna.
1528. Visit in Ferrara.
1530. Visit in Bologna.
St. Peter Martyr delivered April 27, for Church of SS. Giovanni
e Paolo, Venice.
Death of Titian's wife.
1531. Visit in Ferrara.
Removal from town to suburban residence in Biri.
1532. Summons to court of Charles V. at Bologna. Portraits of
the Emperor.
1536. With the Emperor at Astic.
1537. Portraits of Duke and Duchess of Urbino and the Battle of
Cadore. Paintings in Hall of Council of Venice (destroyed
by fire 1577).
1540. Visit to Mantua to attend the funeral of patron Duke Federico
Gonzaga.
1541. Appointment with Emperor at Milan.
1543. Guest of Cardinal Farnese at Ferrara and Brussels.
Portraits of Cardinal Farnese and Pope Paul III.
1544. Two portraits of the dead Empress Isabella sent to Charles V.
1545. Visit to Rome, and portraits of Paul III. and his grandsons.
1546. Departure from Rome, visit to Florence and return to Venice.
1547. Completion of altarpiece of Serravalle.
1548. Journey to Augsburg to meet Charles V., and equestrian portrait
of the Emperor.
To Milan to meet Prince Philip and Duke of Alva. Portrait
of Alva.
1549. Purchase of the house at Biri, formerly rented.
1550. Visit to court at Augsburg, and portraits of Philip II.
1554. Pictures completed and sent to Charles V. and Philip II.
in Spain: The Virgin Lamenting, the Trinity, the Danaë.
Venus and Adonis sent to London to Philip upon marriage with
Mary Tudor.
1555. Marriage of Titian's daughter Lavinia.
Perseus and Andromeda sent to King Philip.
1556. St. John the Baptist, painted for S. Maria Maggiore.
1559. Entombment sent to Philip.
1562. Christ in the Garden, and the Europa. Last Supper begun.
1563. Visit to Brescia.
1565. Visit to Cadore, and plans for frescoes in the Pieve church.
1567. Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, and a Venus sent to Madrid.
1572. Visit from Cardinals Granvelle and Pacheco.
1574. Visit from Henry III. of France.
Allegory of Lepanto finished for Philip II.
1575. Pieta begun.
1576. Death of Titian from plague at Venice.