| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | |
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| 1488 | Cajetan begins studies in Bologna. | |
| 1491 | Cajetan goes to Padua to finish studies and teach. | |
| 1493 | Cajetan begins lecturing at Padua on Peter Lombard's Sentences. | |
| 1494 | Cajetan appointed university chair of Thomistic studies at Padua. | |
| 1496 | Cajetan publishes commentary on Aquinas' On Being and Essence. | |
| 1497 | Cajetan becomes professor of Thomistic theology in Pavia. | |
| 1498 | Cajetan publishes The Analogy of Names. | |
| 1499 | Cajetan called to teach in Milan. | |
| 1501 | Cajetan called to Rome and appointed procurator general of Dominicans. | |
| 1506 | Cajetan publishes: On Interpretation, Posterior Analytics, The Categories, Metaphysics | |
| 1507 | Pope appoints Cajetan as vicar general of Dominicans. | |
| 1508 | Cajetan sends Dominicans to the New World. | |
| 1510 | Cajetan publishes The Infinity of the First Mover. | |
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | |
| 1517 | Cajetan named cardinal by pope Leo X. | |
| 1522 | Cajetan sent by pope Adrian VI as legate to Hungary. | |
| 1523 | Cajetan completes 4th volume of his commentary on Aquinas' Summa. | |
| 1534 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan dies. |