| Timeline |
| 1840 |
Born 14 November in the rue Laffitte, Paris |
| 1845 |
Family moves to LeHavre |
| 1859 |
Enrolls at the Academie Suisse |
| 1860 |
Military service in Algeria (til 1862) |
| 1862 |
Studies briefly with Gleyre |
| 1865 |
Two paintings accepted at the Salon of this year |
| 1867 |
Women in the Garden refused at the Salon of this year |
| 1867 |
Illegitimate son Jean born |
| 1868 |
Attempts suicide |
| 1870 |
Marries Camille |
| 1870 |
Moves to London with Pissarro in London (outbreak of war) |
| 1871 |
Settles at Argenteuil |
| 1874 |
First Impressionist exhibition - Monet displays Impression: Sunrise |
| 1876 |
Shows work at the second Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1878 |
Son Michel is born |
| 1879 |
Camille dies in September |
| 1879 |
Shows work at the fourth Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1883 |
Moves to Giverny |
| 1894 |
Marries Alice Hoschedé |
| 1911 |
Alice dies 19 May |
| 1914 |
Son Jean dies and his widow, Blanche, becomes Monet's companion/housekeeper |
| 1916 |
Begins work on cyclorama Nymphaes |
| 1923 |
Operation for cataracts partially restores sight in one eye |
| 1926 |
Dies at Giverny on 5 December |
