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