| 1945 | born in Amsterdam | |
| 1963-1965 | studied free painting and printmaking at the Academie'63 in Haarlem with Ger Lataster and Frans Verpoorten; at the same time evening school in art education at the College of Educationin Amsterdam. | |
| 1964 | First color etchings; educational trip to Spain and North Africa. | |
| 1977-1984 | Teaching fellow for graphic design in the Department of Architecture at the University in Kassel. | |
| 1989 | Art-award from the City of Vellmar, County Kassel | |
| 1990-1992 | Teaching fellow for graphic design at the Acadamy for Design in Kassel | |
| 2008 | Maarten Thiel lived as a free-lance artist in Kassel from 1965 until his death on September 20, 2008. |