Michelangelo Born at Caprese
March 6, 1475
The second son of a minor Florentine official was born in a small Tuscan hill town where his father held a brief podesta appointment. The family moved back to Florence within months. Decades later, Michelangelo would say he drank marble dust with his wet-nurse's milk, her father having been a stone cutter.
In context
Also in 1475 (2 other events on record)
- Ottomans Take Caffa · Middle East · War
- Truce of Picquigny · Europe · Politics
Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1474: Battle of Drazenci
- After: March 2, 1476: Battle of Grandson
Before and after in Culture
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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