Short answers, pulled from the story.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes entered the world on the 30th of March 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragon. His father worked as a gilder specializing in religious craftwork for the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar.
An undiagnosed illness between late 1792 and early 1793 left Francisco Goya deaf forever. Contemporary reports described noises in his head alongside progressive loss of hearing and balance which suggest Ménière's disease or possibly cumulative lead poisoning from white pigment he ground himself.
By 1814 Francisco Goya had painted The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808 to depict battlefield horror and outrage against violence. A series of etchings known as Disasters of War followed showing consequences of conflict on individual soldiers and civilians including famine effects hitting Madrid in 1811 and 1812 before liberation.
Francisco Goya executed fourteen Black Paintings directly onto plaster walls at Quinta del Sordo around 1874 when Baron Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger removed them from the walls. Many works suffered extensive damage during this delicate operation leaving only crude facsimiles today while the originals were transferred to canvas support.
On the 16th of April 1828 at age 82 Francisco Goya died after suffering a stroke that paralyzed his right side. He was buried in Madrid but his skull went missing shortly after burial prompting Spanish officials to wire back Send Goya with or without head.