Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Chronology
Timeline
Event
1746
(30 March) Goya born in Fuendetodos, in the province of Aragon.
1759
Carlos III of Spain ascends the throne.
1760
Goya apprenticed to the painter José Luzán.
1770–1
Travels in Italy.
1771
First important commission, The Adoration of the Name of God, for the basilica of Santa Maria del Pilar, Saragossa.
1774
Summoned to Madrid to work at the royal tapestry factory at Santa Bárbara.
1778
(July) [...]