| 1907 | July 6, born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón in Coyoacán, México, the third of 4 daughters of Matilde Calderón and Guillermo Kahlo. |
| 1913 | Frida survived a bout of polio which permanently affected the use of her right leg |
| 1922 | Frida was accepted at the National Prep School, where she met Diego Rivera, who was there painting his mural The Creation. |
| 1925 | On the 17th of September, Frida was in a street car accident and was critically injured. She began to paint during her convalescence. |
| 1926 | Painted some of her first works including portraits of Alicia Galant, her sister Adriana, Miguel N. Lira, and a self-portrait for Alejandro Gómez Arias. |
| 1929 | Married Diego Rivera on August 21. She was 21, he was 46. |
| 1933 | Painted Mi Falda Colga Allá. |
| 1935 | Frida and Diego separated temporarily. |
| 1938 | From the 25th of October to the 14th of November, Frida gave her first exhibition en the Julian Levy gallery in New York. |
| 1939 | Gave another exhibition in Paris. Sold her painting La Armadura. Divorced Diego. |
| 1940 | Frida and Diego re-married. She showed 2 of her paintings, Las Dos Fridas, and La Mesa Herida in an exhibition called 20th Century Mexican Art. |
| 1942 | Included a self-portrait in an exhibition called Portraits of the 20th Century, in the same museum. |
| 1943 | Began teaching art at the Ministry of Public Education at La Esmerelda. |
| 1944-53 | Frida continued to paint. Her exhibitions grew in number and in popularity. |
| 1946 | Went to New York for surgury on her spine. |
| 1950 | Was hospitalized for 9 months for a recurring spinal problem. |
| 1954 | Was hospitalized again in April and May. The 2nd of July she participated in a demonstration against intervention by the U.S. in Guatemala, although suffering from bronchial pneumonia. Frida died during the night on the 13th of July. |