March 6, 1475 - Michelangelo was Born
On March 6, 1475 Michelangelo was born in the small village of Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo was a great leader in the Italian Renaissance and Da Vinci's biggest rival. Although Michelangelo was over twenty years younger than Da Vinci, he was just as skilled. Michelangelo was a very skilled sculptor and also took up painting. One of his most famous works is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. This was painted in between 1508 and 1512 and is an extremely big tourist attraction today. Michelangelo died after Da Vinci at the age of eighty-eight in 1564.
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