| Timeline |
| 1834 |
Born 19 July in Paris |
| 1845 |
Enters Louis-le-Grand, secondary school |
| 1847 |
Mother dies |
| 1853 |
Leaves Louis-le-Grand, granted permission to copy at the Louvre |
| 1853 |
Registers for law school at father's request - spends all his time copying, never reapplies for classes |
| 1854 |
Studies under Louis Lamothe |
| 1855 |
Admitted to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts |
| 1856 |
Travels to Italy in July, spends time in Naples then moves on to Rome, followed by Florence |
| 1859 |
Returns to Paris in March |
| 1863 |
Meets Manet, the beginning of a long and stormy relationship |
| 1865 |
Begins exhibiting at the Salon |
| 1870 |
Enlists in the National Guard on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War |
| 1870 |
Writes open letter to the Salon expressing unfavourable opinion of selection and display practices. Never exhibits at the Salon again |
| 1872 |
Travels to New Orleans |
| 1873 |
Helps form "Société Anonyme des Artistes, Pientres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, etc.." |
| 1874 |
"Dear Papa" dies |
| 1874 |
Exhibits at the first Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1876 |
Exhibits at the second Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1877 |
Exhibits at the third Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1879 |
Exhibits at the fourth Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1880 |
Exhibits at the fifth Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1889 |
Travels to Spain and Moroco |
| 1890 |
Tour of Burgandy by horse and gig |
| 1906 |
Trip to Naples |
| 1912 |
Hearing is severely impaired by now, and vision nearly gone |
| 1917 |
Dies 27 September |
