|
1805
|
(April 2)
Born
at
Odense
in the
island of Funen
(Fyn). |
|
1816
|
Father,
a shoemaker,
dies. |
|
1819
|
(Sept.6)
Arrives, aged
14, in Copenhagen,
the
capital ('to become famous').
|
|
1820
- 1822 |
Pupil at the
Royal
Theatre's schools of dancing
and singing. |
|
1822 - 1827 |
Grammar-school pupil at
Slagelse and
Elsinore on recommendation
of the theatre board, including
Jonas Collin,
that he be given a chance to get
an 'education'.. |
|
1828 |
Passes
university entrance examination. |
|
1829 |
Journey on Foot
from Holmen's Canal to the
Eastern Tip of Amager
(the real debut book, first
edition published by author
himself). |
|
1830 |
At
Fåborg, in his native island,
he falls in
love with 'two
eyes of brown' (Riborg Voigt). |
|
1831 |
Travels in
Germany
( 02
) (Harz Mountains). |
1833 - 1834
|
First major
foreign travels
(on two-year grant) to France,
Switzerland, Germany, Austria
and, above all, Italy. In Rome,
receives news of
mother's death. |
|
1835 |
Success with novel The
Improvisatore.
First
volume of Fairy Tales, told
for Children, including 'The
Tinderbox' and 'The Princess on
the Pea'. |
|
1837 |
Only a Fiddler.
The novel makes his name known
abroad, via Germany. |
|
1838 |
Awarded annual
'writer's
grant'.. |
|
1840 |
First meeting
with
Jenny Lind. |
|
1840
- 1841 |
Journey to
Near East (Rome, Athens, Constantinople,
up the Danube from the Black Sea to
Vienna). |
|
1842 |
Travel book
A Poet's Bazaar. |
|
1843 |
Journey to Paris; meets Balzac,
Dumas
pere, Heinrich Heine,
Victor Hugo,
Lamartine,
Alfred
de Vigny and the
actress
Rachel. |
|
1845
- 1846 |
'Success
journey' in Germany and Austria,
Italy , France and Switzerland;
planned visit to Spain prevented
by ill health. |
|
1847 |
First autobiography published by
Lorck in Leipzig with title
Das Märchen meines Lebens ohne
Dichtung. 'Success journey'
to England and Scotland. |
|
1849 |
Extensive travels in Sweden.
Travel
book In Sweden published in
1851. |
|
1851 |
Appointed
titular professor. |
|
1855 |
Extended autobiography published
in Denmark as
Mit Livs Eventyr (The Fairy
Tale of My Life). |
|
1857 |
Spends several weeks as guest of
Charles
Dickens. |
|
1862
- 1863 |
Travels
in Spain (with excursion to
North Africa). Travel book In
Spain published the same year. |
|
1866 |
In
Holland, France, Spain and
Portugal. A Visit to Portugal,
1866, published in 1868. |
|
1867 |
Made
honorary
citizen of Odense; appointed
titular councillor of state.
Pays two visits to World
Exhibition in Paris. |
|
1872 |
Last
tales published; among them "The
Door-Key" and'
Auntie'. |
|
1873 |
Last
journey abroad (Switzerland). |
|
1874 |
Appointed titular
conferenceråd
(a high Danish title). |
|
1875 |
(
Aug. 4)
Dies of cancer
of the liver at the
Melchior's villa near
Copenhagen. His
grave is in the
Assistens Cemetery in
Copenhagen. |
Foto: Lars Bjørnsten Odense |
