So many people ask about this, decided to bookmark the URL

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcontrolexecutionlifecycle.asp

Initialize
Load view state
Process postback data
Load
Send postback change notifications
Handle postback events
Prerender
Save state
Render
Dispose
Unload

Edit:

The entire ASP.NET Lifecycle

"The topics in this section provide background information on how ASP.NET processes pages to produce dynamic output. Included is information on how the application itself and individual pages are instantiated and processed, and information about how ASP.NET compiles pages dynamically."

2 Comments

• Terri Morton said Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:31:00 AM

  Sweet, I'd been looking for such a reference, thanks!

• Raj said Wednesday, March 8, 2006 1:26:00 AM

  Very much helpful. Thanks !!!