| Timeline |
| 1848 |
Born in Paris on 7 June |
| 1849 |
Family emigrates to Peru |
| 1855 |
Returns to France |
| 1865 |
Joins the merchant navy |
| 1868 |
Joins navy |
| 1872 |
Begins successful career as a stockbroker in Paris |
| 1873 |
Marries Mette Sophie Gad |
| 1874 |
Meets Pissaro and other Impressionists |
| 1876 |
Début in the Salon |
| 1880 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1881 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1882 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1883 |
Quits stock market |
| 1885 |
Leaves his family in Copenhagen with his parents-in-law, and returns to Paris |
| 1886 |
Travels to Pont Aven in Brittany |
| 1888 |
Meets and visits with van Gogh |
| 1891 |
Organises a trip to Tahiti at the expense of the French government |
| 1893 |
Trip to France |
| 1894 |
Trip to France |
| 1898 |
Attempts suicide |
| 1901 |
Moves from Tahiti to Atuana on the Island of Dominique in the Marquesas |
| 1903 |
Sentenced to three-months in prison and fined 1,000 francs because of problems with the church and the colonial administration - he dies, however, on 8 May before he could begin his sentence |
