| Year (s) |
Events |
|---|
| 1840 |
May 13 : birth in Nîmes of Alphonse Daudet, son of Vincent Daudet, silk broker, and Adeline Reynaud. Alphonse has two older brothers: Henri, born in 1832, and Ernest, born in 1837. |
| 1845-1847 |
Alphonse Daudet raises Brothers of the Christian schools . |
| 1849 |
The Daudet family moved to Lyon. |
| 1850 |
Secondary studies at Ampère high school. |
| 1855 |
Repeater at the college of Alès. |
| 1858 |
Daudet arrives in Paris. |
| 1859 |
The Lovers . Frédéric Mistral meets in Paris. |
| 1860 |
Secretary to the Duke of Morny. |
| 1861 |
Daudet lives with Marie Rieu, rue d'Amsterdam. He fell seriously ill and left for the South. |
| 1862 |
Travel to Corsica. |
| 1865 |
Alphonse Daudet writes Lettres de mon moulin à Clamart , where he lives with his friend Paul Arène . |
| 1866 |
Twelve Letters from my mill appear in L'Évènement . |
| 1867 |
Marriage with Julia Allard . |
| 1868 |
The Little Thing . First stay in Champrosay , hamlet of Draveil |
| 1869 |
Publication of Letters from my mill . |
| 1871 |
April 25 : while the Commune is proclaimed, Daudet leaves Paris for Champrosay. |
| 1872 |
L'Arlésienne , Tartarin from Tarascon . |
| 1873 |
Monday tales . |
| 1874 |
Women of artists. |
| 1876 |
Jack . |
| 1879 |
He has an incurable disease of the spinal cord. |
| 1882 |
Death of Alphonse Daudet's mother. |
| 1887 |
Purchase of the house in Champrosay , where he received many men of letters. His friend Edmond de Goncourt died there in1896. |
| 1891 |
Marriage of Léon Daudet , eldest son of Alphonse Daudet and one of the future leaders of Action française , with Jeanne Hugo, the granddaughter of Victor Hugo. |
| 1895 |
Divorce from Léon and Jeanne Daudet. The Daudets bond with Marcel Proust . Publication of La Petite Paroisse . |
| 1896 |
Death of Paul Arène , friend of Daudet, 53 years old. Publication of La Fédor . |
| 1897 |
Publication of the Treasure of Arlatan .
Daudets' last move, rue de l'Université.
In the fall, the Dreyfus affair broke out. Daudet displays his anti-Dreyfusard convictions.
December 16 : Daudet dies suddenly in his Parisian home (41, rue de l'Université ). He was 57 years old. After a religious funeral in Sainte-Clotilde , Émile Zola , at Père-Lachaise, delivers the usual speech. The state funeral, requested by Georges Clemenceau , is refused. |
