| Timeline |
| 1808 |
Born 26 February in Marseille |
| 1814 |
Family moves to Paris |
| 1820 |
Apprenticed to a bailiff |
| 1821 |
Works as a clerk in a bookstore |
| 1822 |
Studies under Lenoir and learns lithography |
| 1830 |
Illustrates for Philipon’s Caricature and Le Charivari |
| 1832 |
Tried and imprisoned for six months for lèse-majesté |
| 1835 |
Due to strict censorship laws, Daumier begins work on a series of caricatures of bourgeois life |
| 1848 |
Returns of focus on political subjects |
| 1872 |
Suffering from increasing blindness |
| 1873 |
Corot purchases a house for Daumier |
| 1878 |
Exhibition at Durand-Ruel's gallery |
| 1879 |
Dies 10 February in Valmondois |
