1840
Birth of Claude Oscar MONET on November 14th in Paris.
1845
The family moves to Le Havre.
1857
Death of his mother Louise Monet.
1858
Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who encourages him to paint out of doors.
1859
Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy.
1860
Monet meets Pissaro and Courbet.
1860 - photo Carjat

1863
Monet discovers Manet's painting and paints "en plein air" in the Fontainebleau forest.
1864
Monet stays in Honfleur with Boudin, Bazille, Jondkind. He meets his first art lover : Gaudibert.
1865
Monet's paintings are submitted for the first time to the official Salon. Camille Doncieux his lady friend and Bazille pose for Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (the Picnic).
1867
Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet is in Sainte-Adresse.
1867 portrait by Carolus Duran

1868
Monet tries to commit suicide. He receives a pension from Mr Gaudibert. He paints in Fecamp and Etretat.
1869
Monet settles in the village of Saint-Michel near Bougival where he paints in company of Renoir.
1870
Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in London when the war begins.
1871
Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissaro and Daubigny. Death of his father. Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the Netherlands.
1874 by Manet

1873
Monet meets Caillebotte.
1874
Monet exhibits "Impression : sunrise" at the first Impressionist exhibition in the studio of Nadar.
1876
Monet meets Ernest and Alice Hoschedé.
1877
Bankruptcy of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the Saint-Lazare train station.
1880

1878
Birth of Michel Monet, his second son. Monet and his family settle at Vétheuil in compagny of the family Hoschedé.
1879
Death of Camille.
1881
The family moves to Poissy.
1886 self-portrait
with a beret

1883
Monet rents a house at Giverny. He will stay there for 43 years.
1887
Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel.
1889
Monet exhibits with Rodin.
1890
Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for the nympheas basin.
1899 Photo Nadar

1891
Death of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the series of Meules (Haystacks) and of Peupliers (Poplars)
1892
Monet paints the Rouen Cathedrals series. He marries Alice in July.
1894
Visit of Mary Cassatt and of Cézanne at Giverny. Rodin, Clémenceau and Geffroy are present.
1900
Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes several trips to London and paints views of the Thames.
1917 Self-portrait

1904
Monet travels to Madrid and admires the paintings of Velasquez.
1907
First problems with his eyesight. Monet discovers Venice.
1911
Death of Alice.
1914
Death of Jean, Monet's eldest son. Blanche moves to live near Claude Monet.
ca. 1920 by
Henri Manuel

1916
The artist decides to build a large studio of 23 m x 12m at Giverny.
1916 - 1926
Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas, The Water Lilies. Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them to France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural space designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie in Paris.
1923
Monet is nearly blind. He has an operation from the cataract in one eye. His sight improves.
ca. 1923

1926
In February Monet is still painting. But he suffers from lung cancer. He dies on December 5th. He is buried in a simple ceremony at Giverny. His friend Georges Clémenceau attends the ceremony.