21. 03. 1685
born in Eisenach / Thurengia as son of Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645 - 1695)

1703
Organist in Arnstadt

1707
Organist in Mühlhausen, married his cousin Maria Barbara Bach (1684 - 1720)

1708
Court-Organist for the count of Saxony-Weimar

1717
Court-Concertmaster in Köthen

1721
After the death of his wife marriage with Anna Magdalena Wilcken (1701 - 1760)

1723
Director musices and Kantor of the Thomas church in Leipzig

1750
Died in Leipzig