Birth of Claude Oscar MONET on November 14th in Paris. The family moves to Le Havre. Death of his mother Louise Monet.

Claude Monet meets Eugne Boudin who encourages him to paint out of doors.

Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy. Monet stays in Honfleur with Boudin.Bazille.Jondkind. Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet is in Sainte-Adresse. He receives a pension from Mr Gaudibert. He paints in Fecamp and Etretat. Monet settles in the village of Saint-Michel near Bougival where he paints in company of Renoir.

Monet marries Camille.Courbet is his witness.

They take refuge in London when the war begins. Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissaro and Daubigny.

Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the Netherlands.

Monet meets Ernest and Alice Hosched. Monet paints the Saint-Lazare train station. Birth of Michel Monet, his second son. Monet and his family settle at Vtheuil in compagny of the family Hosched.

Monet rents a house at Giverny.

He will stay there for 43 years. Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel.

Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for the nympheas basin.

Visit of Mary Cassatt and of Czanne at Giverny. Rodin.Clmenceau and Geffroy are present.

Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge.

He takes several trips to London and paints views of the Thames.

Monet travels to Madrid and admires the paintings of Velasquez. Blanche moves to live near Claude Monet. The artist decides to build a large studio of 23 m x 12m at Giverny. Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas.The Water Lilies. Following the signing of the Armistice.Monet offers to donate them to France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural space designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie in Paris.

He has an operation from the cataract in one eye.

In February Monet is still painting.

But he suffers from lung cancer.

He is buried in a simple ceremony at Giverny.

His friend Georges Clmenceau attends the ceremony.

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