| February
26, 1802 |
Birth
of Victor Hugo. |
| 1814 |
Victor
admitted to boarding. |
| 1815
- 24 |
Reign
of Louis XVIII |
| 1817 |
Honored
by Académie Française. |
| 1820 |
Victor's
ode won him 500 francs from Louis XVIII |
| 1821 |
His
mother's demise. |
| 1822 |
Hugo's
marriage to Adèle Foucher. |
| 1823 |
Birth
of Victor Hugo's first son. |
| 1826 |
Birth
of his second son, Charles - Victor. |
| 1827 |
Birth
of his third son. |
| 1830 |
Birth
of Leopoldine. |
| 1831 |
Notre-Dame
de Paris published. |
| 1832 |
Hugo
met Juliette. |
| 1836 |
Hugo's
first attempt for membership of Académie Française
failed. |
| 1841 |
Elected
to the Académie Française. |
| 1843 |
Leopoldine's
death. |
| 1845 |
Became
a Peer of France. |
| 1852 |
Hugo
fled to Brussels. |
| 1868 |
Death
of Adèle Hugo. |
| 1870 |
Battle
of Sedan; Napoleon III fled to England.
Hugo's return to Paris.
Became a Member of Parliament. |
| 1871 |
Resigned
from Parliament; following the death of his son Charles. |
| 1875 |
Became
a Senator. |
| 1882 |
Death
of Juliette. |
| May
22, 1885 |
Death
of Victor Hugo. |
| June
1, 1885 |
State
funeral attended by over three million people. |