About 1450 Born as Jeroen van Aken in ’s Hertogenbosch in the central Netherlands.
1481 Marries Aleyt Goyarts van den Meervenne, whose dowry consisted of an estate near ’s Hertogenbosch and other property. It is probable that Bosch did not need to support himself by painting.
1486 or 7 Jeronimus van Aken enters the Brotherhood of Our Lady in ’s Hertogenbosch.
1488 Becomes a ‘sworn’ member of the Brotherhood, the only artist to be so honoured.
1488–90 Works on an altarpiece for the Brotherhood’s chapel in the Cathedral of St John.
1504 Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy, orders the Last Judgement altarpiece from Bosch.
1516 Dies in ‘s Hertogenbosch.
c1470 Mocking of Christ, Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut
c1476 St Jerome at Prayer, Ghent, Museum voor Shone Kunsten
c1480 Seven Deadly Sins, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
c1480 Last Judgement, Bruges, Groeningemuseum
c1488 The Ship of Fools, Paris, Musée du Louvre
1488 Wayfairer, Rotterdam, Boymans Van Beuningen Museum
c1488 Death of the Miser, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art
1480–90 Christ Carrying the Cross, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
c1490 St Christopher, Rotterdam, Boymans Van Beuningen Museum
c1491 Crucified Martyr, Venice, Palazzo Ducale
1490–1500 Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns), London, National Gallery
c1501 Temptation of St Anthony, Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
c1500–02 Haywain Triptych, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
c1503–10 The Garden of Earthly Delights, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
c1510 The Prodigal Son, Rotterdam, Boymans Van Beuningen Museum
c1510 Christ Carrying the Cross, Ghent, Museum voor Shone Kunsten
c1510 Adoration of the Magi, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
c1505–10 Triptych of Saint Anthony, Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga