The Life and Writings of Alexandre Dumas/Appendix B
APPENDIX B.
The Chief Events in Dumas's Life, with their Dates.
| Birth at Villers-Cotterets | July 24, 1802 |
| Death of his Father, General Dumas | 1806 |
| Becomes a Clerk with M. Mennesson, the Notary | 1816 |
| Becomes a Clerk with M. Lefévre, Crépy | 1822 |
| Runaway trip to Paris. | 1822 |
| Return to Paris—Clerkship in the Orléans Bureau | 1823 |
| Birth of Alexandre Dumas fils | 1824 |
| Production of "La Chasse et l'Amour" | September 22, 1825 |
| Publication of "Nouvelles Contemporaines" | 1826 |
| Kean and the English Shakespeare Company in Paris. | 1827 |
| Production of "Henri Trois," Théâtre Français | Feb. 10, 1829 |
| Production of "Christine" at the Odéon | March 29, 1830 |
| "The Revolution of July"; the Soisson Expedition | July 30 and 31, 1830 |
| "The Revolution in La Vendée"; as Special Commissioner | August, 1830 |
| Production of "Antony" | 1831 |
| Attacked by the Cholera | 1832 |
| Gaillardet and "La Tour de Nesle" | 1832 |
| Publication of "Isabel de Bavière" | 1832 |
| Swiss Travels | 1832 |
| Visit to England. | 1833 |
| Travels in the South of France, Corsica, Calabria, Sicily | 1834 |
| Travels in Hyères, Etna, Naples, etc. | 1835-6 |
| Death of Dumas's Mother | 1838 |
| Travels in Belgium and on the Rhine | 1838 |
| Production of "Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle' | 1839 |
| Marriage with Mdlle. Ida Ferrier. | March 1840 |
| Residence in Italy | 1840-1-2 |
| Production of "Une Mariage sous Louis XV." | 1841 |
| Voyage with Louis Napoleon | 1842 |
| Production of "Les Demoiselles de St Cyr" | 1843 |
| Finally rejected by the Académie | 1843 |
| Publication of "Les Trois Mousquetaires" and "Monte Cristo" | 1844 |
| Travels in Spain and along the N. coast of Africa | 1846-7 |
| Opening of Dumas's Theatre, the "Historique" | February 1847 |
| Opening of the "Palace" of Monte Cristo | July 1847 |
| Second Republic: Dumas a Candidate for the Chamber of Deputies | 1848 |
| Coup d'état: Dumas leaves Paris for Brussels | 1851 |
| Return to Paris: the "Mousquetaire" founded, with Dumas as Editor and Chief Contributor | Nov. 12, 1853 |
| Visit to England | May-June, 1857 |
| Travels in Russia and the Caucasus | 1858-9 |
| Joins Garibaldi's Sicilian Expedition | May 1860 |
| Stay in Naples | 1860-64 |
| Return to Paris | 1864 |
| Travels in Germany (Frankfort), etc.: after the Prusso-Austrian War | 1866 |
| Lectures at the Havre Exhibition | 1868 |
| Seized with illness | 1869 |
| Taken to Puys, near Dieppe, by his Son | 1870 |
| Death there | December 5, 1870 |
| Body removed to Villers-Cotterets by his Son | May 1872 |
| Unveiling of the Statue to Dumas, in Malesherbes, Paris | November 4, 1883 |