February 22, 1810 - Zelazowa Wola - Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin is born
October 1, 1810 - Warsaw - Chopin Family moves to Warsaw
January(?) 1(?), 1816 - Warsaw - Fryderyk starts taking piano lessons with Wojciech Zywny
January(?) 1(?), 1817 - Warsaw - Composes two polonaises, in G minor and B-flat Major
March(?) 1(?), 1817 - Warsaw - Fryderyk begins giving public concerts =(START)
November 1(?), 1817 - Warsaw - Composes the Polonaise in G minor, dedicated to Wiktoria Skarbek, published by Father J.J.Cybulski
February 24, 1818 - Warsaw - Chopin plays the Concerto in E minor by Vojtech Jirovec at a soirée of the Charity Society, arranged by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz in the Radziwill palace
April 23, 1821 - Warsaw - Dedicates a polonaise in A-flat major to Zywny
February 24, 1823 - Warsaw - Chopin plays the Concerto by Ferdinand Ries at a concert of the Charity Society, organized by Józef Jawurek
September 1(?), 1823 - Warsaw - Starts attending the Warsaw Lyceum, where he receives organ lessons from Wilhelm Würfel
August 1(?), 1824 - Szafarnia - Holidays in Szafarnia (Dobrzyn). Chopin mixes with the local gentry and becomes acquainted with country traditions at wedding and harvest and with Jewish folk music
August 15, 1824 - Szafarnia - plays the Concerto by Friedrich W. Kalkbrenner in Szafarnia for a local audience. composes Variations in E major on a theme of a Swiss song and the Polonaise in G sharp minor as well as (lost) mazurkas, valses, polonaises, and marches
May 27, 1825 - Warsaw - improvises on the aeolopantaleon, invented by J. Dlugosz, at a concert at the Conservatory
June 2, 1825 - Warsaw - A. Brzezina publishes Chopin's Rondo, op. 1
June 26, 1825 - Warsaw - receives an award at a public concert in the Lyceum
June 28, 1825 - Warsaw - plays the Concerto by Ignaz Moscheles (?) in the Conservatory concert hall
August 1(?), 1825 - Szafarnia | Torun - Second holiday in Szafarnia - Trip to Torun and a visit to the house of Copernicus
August 24, 1825 - Obrów - on a visit to Obrów Chopin notes down a village song
October 30, 1825 - Warsaw - Chopin attends Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
November 1(?), 1825 - Warsaw - becomes the Lyceum organist in the Church of the Visitant Nuns
July 3, 1826 - Warsaw - Attends the Premiere of "Der Freischütz" by Carl M. von Weber
July 25, 1826 - Warsaw - graduates "cum laude" from the Lyceum
July 27, 1826 - Warsaw - Departs to Duszniki
August 2, 1826 - Duszniki - Chopin and sisters arrive to Duszniki, via Lowicz, Kutno, Kalisz and Wroclaw
September 11, 1826 - Duszniki - Departs to Warsaw
September 26, 1826 - Warsaw - Starts studying composition with J. Elsner
December 16, 1826 - Warsaw - Writes the Rondo à la Mazur, Op.5
April 10, 1827 - Warsaw - Chopin's sister Emilia, dies of tuberculosis
July 17, 1827 - Warsaw - Chopin passes an examination in composition with J. Elsner who wrote in his report: "first year student: Fryderyk Chopin (amazing talent)"
July 18(?), 1827 - Warsaw - Departs to Gdansk in excursion
July 20(?), 1827 - Gdansk - Arrives in Gdansk
March 1(?), 1828 - Warsaw - Chopin hears and meets Johann Nepomuk Hummel, who at the time gives concerts in Warsaw
July 22, 1828 - Warsaw - Passes examinations in the Higher School; J. Elsner writes in his report: "Chopin Fryderyk, amazing capabilities, second year student, left to improve his health"
July 23(?), 1828 - Warsaw - Departs to Sanniki for the Summer
July 26(?), 1828 - Sanniki, near Plock - Spends Summer in Sanniki - begins work on the trio op.8
September 9, 1828 - Sanniki, near Plock - Departs to Berlin
September 14(?), 1828 - Berlin - Visits Berlin with zoologist Feliks Jarocki
September 20, 1828 - Berlin - Letter to his family. Chopin hears several oratórios
September 29, 1828 - Berlin - Chopin departs from Berlin
October 1, 1828 - Poznan - Spends 2 days in Poznan - attends a reception given by Archbishop Teofil Wolicki
December 1(?), 1828 - Warsaw - plays the Rondo in C major together with J. Fontana at two pianos; improvises and socialises in Warsaw salons, takes part in amateur theatrical performances
December 27, 1828 - Warsaw - completes the Rondo à la Krakowiak, op. 14
April 21, 1829 - Warsaw - Meets Konstancja Gladkowska (1810-1880) at a concert given by pupils of Carl Soliva
May 23, 1829 - Warsaw - Until 14/7, Chopin attends a series of concerts by Niccolò Paganini and Karol Lipinski
July 20, 1829 - Warsaw - graduates from the Higher School of Music; J. Elsner reports: "Chopin, Frederic, third year student, amazing capabilities, musical genius"
July 23, 1829 - Cracow - On his way to Vienna, Chopin visits the Jagiellonian Library in Cracow; a week of sightseeing devoted to city monuments and the environs
August 11, 1829 - Vienna - Chopin makes his debut in Vienna - Variations op. 2 and improvisations on the theme of Chmiel (The Hop Plant) and an aria from La Dame Blanche.
August 18, 1829 - Vienna - second concert in the Kärtnerthortheater: Variations op. 2 and Rondo op. 14
August 19, 1829 - Vienna - Departs to Prague
August 22, 1829 - Prague - hears 48 canons and fugues by August Klengel
August 23, 1829 - Prague - departure for Toeplitz; at the residence of Duchess Clara Aldringen improvises on the theme from Mose in Egitto and Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini and "Polish airs"
August 25, 1829 - Dresden - Arrival in Dresden
September 26, 1829 - Warsaw - Returns to Warsaw
October 20, 1829 - Warsaw - Starts composing études parallel to work on the Concerto in F minor
October 22(?), 1829 - Strzyzewo - leaves for Strzyzewo, in the region of Poznan (as a guest of the Wiesolowski family), and for Antonin, where he gives lessons to Wanda Radziwill, whose sister Eliza paints his portrait; becomes acquainted with the score for Faust by Prince Antoni Radziwill, for whom he writes the Polonaise op. 3
November 14, 1829 - Warsaw - Letter to Woyciechowski, mentioning that he composed a few exercises (études)
February 7, 1830 - Warsaw - plays the Concerto in F minor, accompanied by a small orchestra, for family and friends
March 3, 1830 - Warsaw - presentation of the Concerto in F minor and the Fantaisie in A major in the Chopin salon
March 17, 1830 - Warsaw - Premiere of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21
March 22, 1830 - Warsaw - second concert in the National Theatre: the Concerto in F minor and the Rondo à la Krakowiak , improvisations on the theme W miescie dziwne obyczaje (Strange Town Customs) and Swiat srogi (Cruel World)
May 15, 1830 - Warsaw - Letter to Tytus Woyciechowski - Explains that the larghetto from Piano Concerto No.1 was dedicated to Konstacja Gladkowska
July 8, 1830 - Warsaw - Chopin takes part in a benefit concert by the singer Barbara Majerowa in the National Theatre; plays Variations op. 2
July 10, 1830 - Poturzyn, Lublin - 10-days visit to T. Woyciechowski
July 24, 1830 - Warsaw - listens K. Gladkowska in the National Theatre
August 29, 1830 - Sochaczew - plays and improvises in the army camp of General Piotr Szembek
September 22, 1830 - Warsaw - performance of the Concerto in E minor in the Chopin home
October 11, 1830 - Warsaw - farewell concert in the National Theatre, together with K. Gladkowska; Chopin plays the Concerto in E minor and the Fantaisie on Polish Airs op. 13
November 2, 1830 - Warsaw - Chopin departs "into the wider world" (Vienna)
November 5, 1830 - Kalisz - from Kalisz, Chopin travels together with T. Woyciechowski
November 6, 1830 - Wroclaw - Arrival in Wroclaw
November 8, 1830 - Wroclaw - Gives a concert
November 9, 1830 - Wroclaw - Departs to Dresden
November 10, 1830 - Dresden - Arrival in Dresden. attends a concert by Antoinette Pechwell
November 13, 1830 - Dresden - Attends a performance of the opera Tancredi by G. Rossini, and visits the art gallery
November 20, 1830 - Dresden - Departs to Vienna
December 1(?), 1830 - Vienna - new acquaintances among musicians, such as Anton Diabelli, V. Jirovec, Joseph Merk and Josef Slavik
December 25, 1830 - Vienna - Spends a solitary Christmas at St.Stephen's Cathedral
December 26, 1830 - Vienna - Letter to J. Matuszynski - "In the salon I pretend to be calm and upon returning home I thunder on the piano [...] I curse the moment of my departure [...]"
January 1, 1831 - Vienna - Letter to J. Matuszynski - "I live amongst you [...] You are in the army. Why cannot I be even a drummer boy [...]"
January 26, 1831 - Vienna - Letter to J. Elsner - "As an artist, I am still in my cradle, as a Pole, I am over twenty"
June 11, 1831 - Vienna - Concert in the Kärtnerthortheater, where Chopin plays the Concerto in E minor
July 20, 1831 - Vienna - Chopin departs to Paris
July 22, 1831 - Linz - Crossing the Alps towards Salzburg
August 28, 1831 - Munich - Chopin takes part in a matinée of the Philharmonische Verein: the Concerto in E minor and the Fantaisie on Polish Airs
September 4, 1831 - Stuttgart - Meeting with Johann P. Pixis
September 8, 1831 - Stuttgart - "Stuttgart diary", after fall of Warsaw and the downfall of the November uprising - "The enemy has entered the home [...] O God, do You exist? You do and yet You do not avenge. Have You not had enough of Moscow's crimes - or - or You are Yourself a Muscovite! [...] I here, useless! And I here empty-handed". Starts working on the Etude in C minor Op.10 "revolutionary" and prelude in D minor from op.28
September 30(?), 1831 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
November 17, 1831 - Paris - Meets Delfina Potocka
November 27, 1831 - Paris - J.Elsner advises Chopin not to accept piano lessons from Kalbrenner
December 12, 1831 - Paris - Letter to Woyciechowski, mentioning that he met Rossini, Cherubini, Baillot, Kalkbrenner and Liszt
December 14, 1831 - Paris - Letter to J.Elsner - "I am compelled to think about paving my way in the world as a pianist"
February 26, 1832 - Paris - Debut Paris Concert at the Salle Pleyel. Meets Franz Liszt
May 20, 1832 - Paris - during a great charity concert organised by Princess de la Moscova Chopin plays the first movement of the Concerto in F minor, accompanied by an orchestra
November 29, 1832 - Paris - According to Antoni Orlowski - "Healthy and strong, he enchants all the French ladies, and arouses jealousy in Frenchmen. He is fashionable [...] Only sometimes he longs for his homeland"
March 23, 1833 - Paris - Chopin, Liszt and Hiller perform a concerto by J.S.Bach for 3 keyboards
April 2, 1833 - Paris - benefit concert organized by Hector Berlioz for his bankrupt Shakespearean actress wife Harriet Smithson, during which Chopin and Liszt played George Onslow's Sonata in F minor for piano duet
May 16, 1833 - Paris - the premiere of "Ludovic", an opera by Ferdinand Hérold and Fromental Halévy; Chopin writes Variations op. 12 on the theme of the rondo from this opera
July 10, 1833 - Paris - dedicates an autograph of the Valse, op. 18, to Laura Horsford, his pupil
December 15, 1833 - Paris - Chopin, Liszt and Hiller perform a concerto by J.S.Bach for 3 keyboards at the Conservatory
December 25, 1833 - Paris - together with Chopin, Heinrich W. Ernst and singer Sabine Heinefetter, Liszt performs at a benefit concert for François Stoepel in the Salle Pleyel
February 25, 1835 - Paris - Chopin plays together with F. Hiller on two pianos in the Erard salon
March 22, 1835 - Paris - together with F. Hiller, brothers H. and J. Herz, George Osborne and Camille Stammati, Chopin plays at a concert held in the Salle Pleyel
April 5, 1835 - Paris - at a charity concert given for the benefit of Polish refugees in Théatre Italien, Chopin plays the Concerto in E minor
April 26, 1835 - Paris - gives a performance of the Polonaise in E flat major, op. 22, accompanied by an orchestra, in the Conservatory; a great success and the last truly public concert given by Chopin
July 1(?), 1835 - Enghien, near Paris - Spends Summer at Enghien
August 15, 1835 - Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) - Chopin meets with parentes
September 6, 1835 - Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) - Departs with parents to Decin
September 15, 1835 - Decin (Czech Rep.) - dedicates the Valse in A flat major, op. 34 to Countess J. Thun-Hohenstein
September 19, 1835 - Dresden - Arrives in Dresden - meeting with the Wodzinski family in Dresden; at the Wodzinski residence, Chopin "played among others Jeszcze Polska nie zginela or the Mazurek Dabrowskiego (Dabrowski Mazurka) and based on it beautiful variations of his own composition"; the Russian embassy protests
September 24, 1835 - Dresden - Dedicates a manuscript of the Valse in A flat major (op. 69, no. 1) to Maria Wodzinska
September 27, 1835 - Leipzig - Arrives in Leipzig. Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann meet each other
October 6, 1835 - Leipzig - Chopin plays and mesmerizes Schumann and Mendelssohn
October 20, 1835 - Paris - Returns to Paris, after a short stay in Strasbourg and then Heidelberg, caused by illness
December 24, 1835 - Paris - Chopin improvises at a charity event for the benefit of polish emigres
July 28, 1836 - Marienbad (Marianske Lazni) - comes to Marienbad (Marianske Lazni) to meet the Wodzinski family
September 8, 1836 - Dresden - Stays in Dresden
September 9, 1836 - Dresden - asks for the hand of the 17 year-old Maria Wodzinska and is accepted on condition that he takes care of his health; the engagement is kept secret; writes down the two first Etudes, op. 25 in his fiancée's album
September 12, 1836 - Leipzig - Chopin and Schumann meet each other
October 1(?), 1836 - Kassel - on his way to Paris meets Louis Spohr in Kassel and K. Lipinski in Frankfurt am Main
October 24, 1836 - Paris - Chopin meets George Sand, in the Salon of countess Marie d'Agoult and Liszt
November 5, 1836 - Paris - Liszt, George Sand and countess d'Agoult attend a musical soirée held by chopin
November 10, 1836 - Paris - A. Mickiewicz attends a musical soirée held by Chopin
March 1(?), 1837 - Paris - at a concert in honour of V. Bellini Chopin performs, together with Liszt, Sigismund Thalberg, J. P. Pixis, H. Herz and C. Czerny
July 10, 1837 - Paris - Chopin visits London incognito in the company of the piano manufacturer Camille Pleyel where he played at a musical soirée at the house of English piano maker James Broadwood
July 20, 1837 - London - performs for a group of acquaintances in the salon of James Broadwood
July 23, 1837 - Paris - Returns to Paris. His unofficial engagement is broken off
February 25, 1838 - Paris - Chopin gives concert in the Tuilleries at the court of Louis Philippe I
March 3, 1838 - Paris - Chopin, Gutmann, Alkan and Zimmermann perform an arrangement for 8 hands of 2 movements of Beethoven's 7th Symphony
March 12, 1838 - Paris - at a benefit concert by A. Orlowski in Rouen Chopin plays the Concerto in E minor - enthusiastic audience response
April 25, 1838 - Paris - Soirée at Charlotte Marliani with George Sand
June 30(?), 1838 - Paris - Chopin and George Sand become lovers
July 1(?), 1838 - Paris - Delacroix makes sketches for a joint portrait of Chopin and Sand
October 27, 1838 - Paris - Chopin departs from Paris
October 31, 1838 - Perpignan - Chopin arrives in Perpignan
November 1, 1838 - Port Vendres - Chopin and Sand sail on "Le Phénicien" to Barcelona
November 2, 1838 - Barcelona - Chopin and Sand arrive to Barcelona, filling their time visiting the city, including the Santa Maria del Mar Cathedral, as well as the ruins of the House of the Inquisition
November 7, 1838 - Barcelona - Takes the "El Mallorquín" to Palma
November 8, 1838 - Palma - Chopin arrives in Majorca with George Sand and her two children
November 15, 1838 - "Son Vent" villa - Letter to Julian Fontana. Chopin rents a picturesque villa "son vent" at the foot of the mountains
December 10, 1838 - Palma - Returns to Palma
December 15, 1838 - Valldemossa - Chopin moves to the Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa
December 20, 1838 - Valldemossa - Chopin's beloved Pleyel piano arrives in Palma
December 28, 1838 - Valldemossa - Letter to Julian Fontana
January 5, 1839 - Valldemossa - Chopin's Pleyel Piano arrives to Valldemossa
February 11, 1839 - Valldemossa - Chopin and Sand leave Valldemossa
February 14, 1839 - Palma | Barcelona - Chopin leaves Majorca, after 2 days in Palma. Arrival in Barcelona
February 22, 1839 - Barcelona - Chopin and Sand take "Le Phénicien" to Marseille
February 24, 1839 - Marseille - Arrival in Marseille
May 3, 1839 - Genoa - Excursion to Genoa with the children
May 18, 1839 - Genoa - Chopin, Sand and the children depart to Marseille
May 23, 1839 - Marseille - Chopin and Sand leave Marseille by ship to Arles
June 1, 1839 - Nohant (SW Chateauroux) - Chopin and Sand arrive to Nohant by coach
October 10, 1839 - Nohant - Departs to Paris
October 29, 1839 - Paris - gives a concert at the royal court in Saint Cloud together with I. Moscheles
June 27, 1840 - Paris - performs in St. Gratien at the country residence of A. de Custine, during one of numerous stays in the Parisian suburbs
July 2, 1840 - Paris - gives another performance at the de Custine residence
July 26, 1840 - Paris - Chopin and Sand were present at the dress rehearsal of Berlioz's Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, composed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the July Revolution
December 12, 1840 - Paris - with G. Sand at a rehearsal of the Mozart Requiem
April 25, 1841 - Paris - charity concert conducted for the Beethoven Memorial in Bonn, held at the Salle Pleyel
April 26, 1841 - Paris - charity concert conducted for the Beethoven Memorial in Bonn, held at the Paris Conservatory
June 18, 1841 - Nohant - Spends Summer in Nohant
August 14, 1841 - Nohant - Chopin notes down folk dances (bourrées) at a village festival in Nohant
November 4, 1841 - Nohant - Departs to Paris
November 5, 1841 - Paris - Returns to Paris
February 21, 1842 - Paris - Solo Recital
February 27, 1842 - ? - Death of J.Matuszynski, which Chopin"experienced almost as his own" (Sand)
May 6, 1842 - Nohant - Summer at Nohant
June 7, 1842 - Nohant - Delacroix visits Chopin and Sand
September 27, 1842 - Nohant - Departs to Paris
September 28, 1842 - Paris - Returns to Paris
March 1, 1843 - Paris - Chopin is forced by illness to decline a written invitation from Alkan to participate in a repeat performance of the Beethoven Seventh Symphony arrangement at Erard's
March 17, 1843 - Paris - Attends a concert by J. Fontana
May 22, 1843 - Nohant - Summer at Nohant
October 29, 1843 - Paris - Returns to Paris
February 2, 1844 - Paris - plays the newly written Berceuse, op. 57 to Bohdan Zaleski (on his name day)
March 3, 1844 - Paris - "La France Musicale" informs about the grave illness of Chopin; the bad state of health lasts all spring
May 3, 1844 - ? - Death of Mikolaj Chopin (his father) - Fryderyk experiences profound depression
May 28, 1844 - Nohant - Summer at Nohant
November 29, 1844 - Paris - Returns to Paris
March 21, 1845 - Paris - Hears the Mozart Requiem with Sand
March 23, 1845 - Paris - hears "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn together with G. Sand and E. Delacroix
June 13, 1845 - Paris - Summer at Nohant
November 29, 1845 - Paris - Returns to Paris
May 1(?), 1846 - Nohant - Summer at Nohant
November 28, 1846 - Paris - Chopin acts as a witness at a wedding of his pupil Z. Rosengardt with B. Zaleski; supposedly a performance of the (non-extant) Veni Creator dedicated to the young couple
March 23, 1847 - Paris - a music soirée at Chopin given in honour of D. Potocka, Chopin plays the Sonata in G minor together with A. Franchomme
April 16, 1847 - Paris - a portrait of Chopin is made by Ary Scheffer, on 19 April one by Charles H. Lehmann and another on 2 May by Franz X. Winterhalter
May 2, 1847 - Paris - Chopin falls seriously ill
May 12, 1847 - Paris - Chopin recovers
May 15(?), 1847 - Ville d'Avray - convalescence in Ville d'Avray in the Albrecht residence
February 16, 1848 - Paris - Gives his last Paris Concert, with cellist Auguste Franchomme, which included three movements of the Cello Sonata Op. 65
March 4, 1848 - Paris - the last, chance meeting with G. Sand at the home of Ch. Marliani
April 20, 1848 - London - Departs for London
May 12, 1848 - London - Chopin has dinner with Jenny Lind. "afterwards, she sang Swedish airs until midnight"
May 15, 1848 - Stafford House, London - Chopin plays for an audience that includes Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
June 1, 1848 - London - Listens to Jenny Lind in "Lucia di Lammermoor" by Gaetano Donizetti
June 23, 1848 - London - Chopin gives a concert for 150 guests at Lady Adélaide Sartoris's house
July 7, 1848 - London - at Lord E. Falmouth's house, Chopin gives a concert together with P. Viardot-Garcia
August 5, 1848 - London - Departs for Scotland
August 28, 1848 - Manchester - gives a concert before an audience of 1,200 listeners
September 27, 1848 - Glasgow - in Glasgow, plays at matinée given by the singer M. Adelasio
October 4, 1848 - Edinburgh - Public Concert at the Hopetoun Rooms on Queen Street (now Erskine House)
October 30(?), 1848 - Edinburgh - while staying at 10 Warriston Crescent in Edinburgh with the Polish physician Adam Łyszczyński, he wrote out his last will and testament—"a kind of disposition to be made of my stuff in the future, if I should drop dead somewhere", he wrote to Grzymała
November 3, 1848 - London - Returns to London
November 16, 1848 - London - Chopin's last concert appearance, very ill, at London's Guildhall
November 23, 1848 - London - Departs from London
November 24, 1848 - Paris - Returns to Paris
March 30, 1849 - Paris - visit by D. Potocka and Maria Kalergis
April 4, 1849 - Paris - Conversation with Delacroix about Counterpoint
April 11, 1849 - Paris - Delacroix: "Once again, I saw Mme Potocka at Chopin's home, once again the same enchanting voice"
April 14, 1849 - Paris - Delacroix:" I found him very frail, almost breathless"
April 22, 1849 - Paris - attends a premiere of Le Prophète by G. Meyerbeer
June 25, 1849 - Paris - Letter to Ludwika - "I am ill, and no doctor will do so much for me as some of you"
July 16, 1849 - Paris - D. Potocka: "I regret that you are so solitary in illness and grief"
August 9, 1849 - Paris - Ludwika Chopin-Jedrzejewiczowa arrives in Paris with her husband and daughter
October 10, 1849 - Paris - Chopin orders all his unpublished and unfinished works to be burnt
October 15, 1849 - Paris - D. Potocka sings for Chopin a hymn by Alessandro Stradella, a psalm by Benedetto Marcello, arias by Pergolesi and Bellini, a fragment of the Te Deum by G. F. Haendel, and the Chopin's nocturne with words "O salutaris". Visit by Father Aleksander Jelowicki: conversations, last sacrament
October 17, 1849 - Paris - Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin dies, aged 39 =(END)
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