| Timeline |
| 1839 |
Born 30 October in Paris |
| 1857 |
Studies business in London |
| 1862 |
Begins his apprenticeship in Gleyre's studio; meets Renoir, Monet, and Bazille |
| 1862 |
Returns to Paris |
| 1864 |
Gleyre's studio closes, and Sisley follows his friends to paint in the forest of Fontainebleau. |
| 1866 |
Accepted to the Salon (later revoked) |
| 1867 |
First exhibits at the Salon |
| 1870s |
Spends the early part of the decade (during the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune) in London |
| 1874 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1875 |
Settles in Marly-le-Roi |
| 1876 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1877 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1880 |
Moves to Moret-sur-Loing |
| 1882 |
Exhibits with the Impressionists |
| 1883 |
First one-man exhibition at La Vie Moderne, Paris |
| 1892 |
Works exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts |
| 1897 |
Marries Marie Louise Adélaïde Eugéne Lescouezec |
| 1897 |
Retrospective exhibition at Georges Petit’s is a financial failure |
| 1897 |
Spends five months in England |
| 1899 |
Dies 29 January in Moret-sur-Loing |
