Short answers, pulled from the story.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was born between 1525 and 1530 with no official record confirming his exact birth date. He entered the Antwerp painters guild in 1551 which typically required apprentices to be between twenty and twenty-five years old at that time.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder traveled to Italy via France reaching Reggio Calabria by 1552 before returning to Rome by 1553. He left Italy by 1554 and returned to Antwerp by 1555 when Hieronymus Cock published his Large Landscapes print series.
Five surviving paintings include The Gloomy Day February-March The Hunters in Snow December-January Return of Herd October-November displayed at Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Hay Harvest June-July shown at Lobkowicz Palace Prague and Harvesters July-August housed at Metropolitan Museum New York. April-May transition painting assumed lost while series originally contained six or twelve works according to historical disputes.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder died on the 9th of September 1569 buried Kapellekerk leaving behind two sons both becoming well-known painters. His son Pieter Brueghel the Younger was born between 1564 and 1638 and Jan Brueghel the Elder was born between 1568 and 1625.
The most frequently copied painting Winter Landscape Skaters Bird Trap from 1565 recorded 127 copies with the original located Brussels. This work remains a significant example of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's influence on later artists including Adriaen Brouwer and David Vinckboons.