| Timeline |
| 1848 |
Born 18 February in New York |
| 1866 |
Studies painting with George Inness |
| 1870 |
Visits Europe and the Middle East |
| 1872 |
Marries Mary Woodbridge Goddard |
| 1873 |
First experiments with glassmaking |
| 1877 |
Formed the Society of American Artists together with John La Farge and Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
| 1879 |
Establishes the interior decorating firm of Louis C. Tiffany and Associated Artists in partnership with Candace Wheeler, Samuel Colman and Lockwood
DeForest |
| 1880 |
Full member of the National Academy of Design |
| 1881 |
Patents opalescent window glass |
| 1883 |
Leaves L.C. Tiffany and Associated Artists |
| 1884 |
Wife dies |
| 1885 |
Creation of Tiffany Glass Company |
| 1887 |
Associate member of the National Academy of Design |
| 1889 |
Travels extensively throughout Europe |
| 1895 |
First commercially produced lamps |
| 1900 |
Elected chevalier of the Legion of Honour of France |
| 1900 |
Wins Gold medal for applied arts, Paris Expo. |
| 1902 |
Tiffany & Co.'s first Design Director |
| 1918 |
Establishes the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation for art students at Oyster Bay |
| 1926 |
Wins gold medal, Sesquicentennial Expo., Philadelphia |
| 1933 |
Dies 17 January in New York City |
