1940
Born in Dessau as Klaus Wolf Knoebel
1962 – 1964
Attendance of the Werkkunstschule Darmstadt together with his friend Imi (Rainer) Giese
1964
Change to the Düsseldorf Art Academy together with Imi Giese in the class of Joseph Beuys
1966 – 1969
Knoebel and Giese use the pseudonym "Imi + Imi" and are provided with their own studio “Raum 19” (room 19) by Beuys at the academy, at times also used by Jörg Immendorff and Blinky Palermo
2006
Honorary Doctor of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2008
Design for six new glass windows for the Cathedral of Reims
2011
Awarded the Kythera Prize
2016
Officier des Arts et Lettres