| 1802 |
(July, 24th) Alexandre Dumas was born just outside of Paris to General Thomas Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailetterie and Marie-Louise Labouret. |
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| 1806 |
Alexandre�s father dies. |
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| 1811 |
Alexandre begins school at Abb� Gr�goire's and is a student there until 1813. |
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| 1816 |
Dumas becomes a clerk for a solicitor in Villers-Cotter�ts. |
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| 1819 |
Dumas meets Adolphe de Leuven with whom he will write his first literary works. |
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| 1823 |
Dumas settles in Paris and gets a job at the Duke of Orl�ans's office. |
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| 1824 |
(July, 24th) Birth of Alexandre Dumas junior, just one of his bastard chldren. |
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| 1829 |
Henri III et sa cour is published. |
| (February, 10th) Henri III et sa cour (Henri III and his court) is performed at the Com�die fran�aise. It is the first glorious feat of the romantic theater and Dumas becomes one of the leaders of the movement, along with Victor Hugo. |
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| 1830 |
Dumas gets involved in 1830's revolution. |
| Christine is published. |
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| 1831 |
(March, 5th) Birth of Marie-Alexandrine, daughter of Dumas and Belle Kreilssamner. |
| (May, 3rd) Antony's first production at the th��tre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Dumas's first triumphant success. |
| Antony is published. |
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| 1832 |
First journey abroad, to Switzerland, where Dumas meets Chateaubriand. |
| La Tour de Nesle is published. |
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| 1833 |
Publication of Impressions de Voyage - Suisse. Dumas invites the tout-Paris of arts (among them is Delacroix), literature and theatre to a magnificent party. |
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| 1835 |
Journey to Italy. |
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| 1838 |
Journey to Belgium and Germany. |
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| 1840 |
He marries Ida Ferrier. |
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| 1841 |
Publication of Le Chevalier d'Harmental. |
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| 1844 |
His collaboration with Auguste Maquet begins. |
| Dumas lives in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and buys a piece of land in Port-Marly to have a house built there. |
| The Three Musketeers is published. |
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| 1845 |
Twenty Years After is published. |
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| 1846 |
Journey to Spain and then to North-Africa. |
| Separates from his wife, Ida Ferrier. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo is published. |
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| 1847 |
Dumas opens his Th��tre Historique in February, and inaugurates his
Ch�teau de Monte-Cristo, in Port-Marly, in July. |
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| 1848 |
Dumas gets involved in 1848's revolution and fails to be elected as Member of Parliament. |
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| 1849 |
Auction sale of Monte-Cristo. |
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| 1850 |
Dumas is prosecuted for debts. The Th��tre Historique is bankrupt. |
| The Vicomte de Bragelonne is published. |
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| 1851 |
Having to face more and more prosecutions, Dumas takes refuge in Brussels where numerous opponents of Napol�on III, such as Victor Hugo, live. |
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| 1852 |
Dumas declares bankruptcy |
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| 1853 |
Dumas stays in turn in Brussels and Paris where he negotiates the settlement of his bankruptcy. |
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| 1854 |
Dumas leaves Brussels and settles back in Paris. |
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| 1857 |
Dumas visits Victor Hugo exiled in Guernsey. Journey to England and Germany. |
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| 1858 |
From June 1858 till March 1859, Dumas travels in Russia, from Saint-Petersburg to the Caucasus. |
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| 1859 |
Journey to Italy. |
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| 1860 |
Meets Garibaldi. Dumas sails the Mediterranean sea with Emilie Cordier, his mistress. He joins Garibaldi in Sicilia, and helps him by going to Marseille to buy rifles for his troops. After his victory, Garibaldi appoints Dumas Chief of excavations and museums, in Naples. |
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| 1861 |
Dumas lives in Naples until 1864. |
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| 1864 |
Dumas goes back to France and settles in Enghien. |
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| 1865 |
Dumas begins a series of talks in France and abroad. Journey to Austria and Hungary. |
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| 1866 |
Journey to Italy. |
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| 1867 |
Dumas has his photograph taken with Adah Menken, his mistress, which scandalizes people. Journey to Germany. |
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| 1869 |
Dumas stays in Brittany for a while in order to work on his Dictionnaire de cuisine. |
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| 1870 |
Journey to Spain. Dumas settles in his son's villa in Puys, near Dieppe, where he dies on December, 5th. His funeral takes place on December 8th. |
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| 1883 |
A statue of Alexandre Dumas was erected in France, effectively making Dumas a national hero. |
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| 2000 |
(December 5th) the remains of Alexandre Dumas were moved from a tomb in a small town in northern France to the Pantheon. |
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