| 1606 |
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is born on July 15 |
| 1620 |
Enrolls at Leiden University, but leaves shortly thereafter |
| 1621 |
Begins apprenticeship with Leiden painter Jacob van Swanenburgh |
| 1624 |
Sets up studio in Leiden, collaborating with friend Jan Lievens |
| 1624-25 |
Spends six months studying with renowned painter, Pieter Lastman, in Amsterdam |
| 1626 |
Returns to Leiden and begins to produce etchings |
| 1628 |
Accepts his first pupils |
| 1631 |
Moves to Amsterdam and becomes a successful professional portraitist |
| 1634 |
Marries Saskia van Uylenburgh, the daughter of a successful art dealer |
| 1635 |
Saskia gives birth to son Rumbartus, who dies after two months |
| 1638 |
Daughter Cornelia is born but dies after three weeks |
| 1639 |
Rembrandt and Saskia move to the house on the Breestraat—now known as the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam |
| 1640 |
A daughter, also named Cornelia, is born but dies one month later |
| 1641 |
Titus—Rembrandt’s only child with Saskia to live to adulthood—is born in September |
| 1642 |
Saskia dies, probably from tuberculosis |
| 1654 |
Rembrandt's common-law wife, Hendrickje Stoffels, gives birth to Cornelia, the only child to survive the artist |
| 1656 |
Rembrandt is declared bankrupt by the High Court of Holland |
| 1656-1658 |
House and possessions are sold at auction |
| 1660 |
Moves to a modest house on the Rozengracht |
| 1663 |
Hendrickje dies when the plague sweeps Amsterdam |
| 1665 |
Rembrandt produces his last etching, a portrait of physician Jan Antonides van der Linden |
| 1668 |
Titus marries on February 28, but dies a few months later and is buried in the Westerkerk |
| 1669 |
Titus’ wife gives birth to a daughter, Titia. Rembrandt dies on October 4 and is buried in an unmarked grave in the Westerkerk |
