4th October 1787: Birth in Nîmes.
1799-1805: Stay in Geneva.
1812: Marriage to Pauline de Meulan. Professor of modern history at the Faculty of Letters in Paris.
1814-1820: High-ranking civil servant during the liberal phase of the Restoration.
1820-1829: History lectures at the Sorbonne (suspended in 1822, resumed in 1828), activities as a historian and essayist.
1829-1832 : Publication in six volumes of the modern history course: History of Civilization in Europe. History of Civilization in France.
January 1830–February 1848: Deputy for Calvados.
3rd August–2nd November, 1830: Minister of the Interior.
October 1832–April 1837: Minister of Public Instruction.
March 1833: Death of his second wife Eliza Dillon, whom he had married in 1828..
1836: Elected to the Académie française. Acquisition of Val-Richer, near Lisieux.
February–October 1840: Ambassador to London.
October 1840–February 1848: Minister of Foreign Affairs.
19th September, 1847: President of the Council (Prime Minister).
March 1848–July 1849: Exile in London with his three children.
1856: Publication of the sixth and final volume of the History of the English Revolution, begun in 1826
Janvier 1857 : Mort de la princesse de Lieven, après une liaison de vingt années.
1857–1868: Publication of the eight volumes of Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de mon temps (Memoirs to Serve the History of My Time).
January 1861: Memorable reception of Lacordaire at the Académie française.
1864–1868: Three volumes of Meditations on the Christian religion (Meditations on the Christian Religion).
February 1870: President of the Commission on Higher Education.
June 1872: Decisive participation in the general synod of the Reformed Church of France.
12th September, 1874: Death at Val-Richer.