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1775 |
Joseph Mallord William Turner born in London |
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| 1802 |
Turner elected Royal Academician; travels to the Continent for the first time |
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| 1815 |
British victory at Battle of Waterloo
Fall of Napoleon |
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| 1817 |
Completion of Waterloo Bridge |
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| 1819 |
Turner visits Italy, including Venice, for the first time |
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| 1833 |
Turner's second visit to Venice |
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| 1834 |
London's Houses of Parliament burn down
James McNeill Whistler
born in Lowell, Massachusetts |
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| 1837 |
Victoria accedes to the throne, aged 18 |
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| 1840 |
Turner makes his final trip to Venice
Claude Monet born in
Paris |
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| 1842 |
Stéphane Mallarmé born |
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| 1843 |
Whistler family move to St Petersburg |
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| 1846 |
Turner moves to 6 Davis Place, Cremorne New Road (now Cheyne
Walk), Chelsea |
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| 1847 |
National Gallery receives four oil paintings by Turner, the first
to enter a national collection
New House of Lords opens |
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| 1848 |
Revolution in France overthrows the monarchy; Second Republic
established with Louis Napoleon elected President
Whistler moves to London |
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| 1849 |
Cholera epidemic in London
Whistler family return to the US |
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| 1851 |
Turner dies at home in Chelsea, aged 76 |
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| 1852 |
New House of Commons opens
Louis Napoleon declared Emperor of
France |
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| 1855 |
Whistler, aged 21, goes to Paris to study art |
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| 1856 |
Temporary Turner gallery created at Marlborough House
Whistler
enrols in the studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris |
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| 1858 |
The 'Great Stink' on the Thames
Big Ben installed in clock tower
of Houses of Parliament |
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| 1859 |
British paintings from the National Gallery, including works by
Turner, shown at the South Kensington Museum
Whistler moves to London and starts
work on etchings of the Thames |
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| 1861 |
Whistler working in Paris, probably meets Monet
First gallery
devoted to Turner opens at the National Gallery |
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| 1862 |
Completion of new Westminster Bridge
Monet enrols in the studio of
Charles Gleyre in Paris
Mallarmé moves to London |
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| 1863 |
Whistler moves into 7 Lindsey Row, Chelsea, overlooking the
Thames |
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| 1864 |
Charing Cross railway bridge completed |
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| 1867 |
Whistler moves to 2 Lindsey Row |
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| 1869 |
Albert Embankment opens on south side of Thames, from Westminster
to Vauxhall Bridge |
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| 1870 |
Victoria Embankment opens on north side of Thames, from
Westminster to Blackfriars
Outbreak of Franco-Prussian warMonet takes refuge in
London; paints views of the ThamesFall of Napoleon III; Third Republic
proclaimed |
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| 1871 |
Fall of Paris after a four-month siegeMonet moves to Argenteuil,
on the Seine north-west of Paris |
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| 1872 |
Monet paints Impression, Sunrise, which later gives rise to the
name 'Impressionists' |
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| 1874 |
First exhibition of the Société anonyme in Paris -
the first Impressionist exhibition |
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| 1876 |
Turner watercolours installed in lower rooms of the National
Gallery |
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| 1877 |
Whistler exhibits Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
at the Grosvenor Gallery; Ruskin's review leads Whistler to sue him for
libel |
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| 1878 |
Whistler wins libel case against Ruskin, but is only awarded one
farthing damages, without costs
Monet moves back to Paris from Argenteuil |
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| 1879 |
Whistler is declared bankrupt; he travels to Venice |
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| 1883 |
Death of Edouard Manet |
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| 1887 |
Monet visits London for the first time since 1871 |
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| 1888 |
Monet introduces Whistler to Mallarmé |
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| 1889 |
Savoy Hotel opens in London |
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| 1890 |
Whistler publishes his collected writings as The Gentle Art of Making Enemies |
| 1885 |
First delivery of Whistler's 'Ten O'Clock' lecture in London |
| 1896 |
Whistler stays with his wife at the Savoy Hotel; she dies on 10
May |
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| 1899 |
Monet in London, staying at the Savoy Hotel |
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| 1900 |
Monet spends about three months in London |
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| 1901 |
Death of Queen Victoria
Monet spends January to April in London |
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| 1903 |
Whistler dies in London, aged 59 |
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| 1908 |
Monet spends October to December in Venice |
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| 1926 |
Monet dies at Giverny, aged 76 |
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