| 1181 or 1182 | Born at Assisi in Umbria son of Pietro and Giovanna Bernadone; baptized John and called Francesco |
| 1190-1195 | Attended school at the church of St. George |
| 1201-1202 | Joined war between Assisi and Perugia; taken prisoner in the battle of Collestrada; ransomed by his father |
| 1203 | Released from prison; returned home |
| 1204 | Serious illness |
| 1205 | Joined army; became ill in Spoleto; had a vision marking the beginning of his conversion; returned to Assisi; sought solitude; made pilgrimage to Rome; joined beggars at St. Peter's |
| 1206 | Jesus spoke to Francis from the crucifix in St. Damian Church; Pietro demanded restitution of money spent; appealed the Bishop of Assisi, assumes hermit's habit and renounces his hereditary rights |
| 1207 | Dedicated to prayer and solitude Francis helped lepers and restored 3 churches (San Damiano, San Pietro, Portiuncula) |
| 1208/2/24 | Changed hermit's habit to barefoot preacher |
| 1208/4/16 | Brothers Bernard and Peter Catanii joined Francis |
| 1208/4/23 | Brother Giles was received at Portiuncula |
| 1209 | During Mass in Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels gospel revealed Francis' task; words of Christ became the first rule |
| 1209/4/16 | Founding date of the Secular Franciscan Order. Francis composed first regulations of religious. |
| 1210 | Francis and eleven followers went to Rome; Pope Innocent III verbally approved the Rule; possible beginning of Third Order |
| 1211 | Took the name of Friars Minor and lived in Rivotorto, then Portiuncola |
| 1212 | Clare of Assisi entered religious life and the Second Order was established |
| 1213/5/8 | Mount Alverna was given to Frances as a gift by Count Orlando |
| 1213-1214 | Traveled through France and Spain to Morocco, became seriously ill and returned to Italy |
| 1215 | First General Chapter meeting |
| 1216/7/16 | Pope Innocent III died succeeded by Honorius III |
| 1216 | Obtained Portiuncula Indulgence from Pope Honorius III in Perugia |
| 1219-1220 | Preached to the Sultan of Egypt; returned to Italy |
| 1220 | Resigns; Peter Catanii vicar |
| 1221 | Elias vicar; Chapter of the Mats was held; First Rule was written for the friars |
| 1222 | Retired to hermitage of Fote Colombo |
| 1223/11/29 | Second Rule approved by Pope Honorius III |
| 1223/12/24 | First crib was set up at Christmas midnight Mass in Greccio |
| 1224/9/14 | Suffered the stigmata |
| 1225 | Gravely ill; did not improve with medical treatment |
| 1226 | Returned to Assisi; composed "Canticle of Creatures"; went to Portiuncola |
| 1226/10/3 | Died; interred at the church of St. George |
| 1228/7/16 | Canonized in Assisi by Pope Gregory IX |
| 1230 | Moved to new basilica named after Francis |
| Sources: The Francis Book by Roy M. Gasnick, O.F.M. The Life and Times of St. Francis by Augustino Ghiliardi | |