| Timeline |
| 1844 |
Born 21 May in Laval, France |
| 1860 |
Graduates from the local lycée |
| 1863 |
Working for a local lawyer, joins the army |
| 1868 |
Father dies |
| 1869 |
Enters the Paris municipal toll-collecting service as a second-class clerk |
| 1885 |
Sends two paintings to the Salon des Champs-Elysées |
| 1886 |
Exhibits annually at the Salon des Indépendants until his death |
| 1893 |
Retires from the toll service on a small pension and began to paint full-time |
| 1899 |
Publishes a play La Vengeance d’une Orpheline Russe |
| 1904 |
Rousseau publishes a waltz, Clémence |
| 1908 |
Picasso gives a banquet (half serious half burlesque) in Henri's honour |
| 1910 |
Dies 4 September in Paris |
