Anna and František married.

Dvořák was born in Nelahozeves, near Prague, in the Austrian Empire, and was the eldest son of František Dvořák and his wife, Anna, née Zdeňková.

Dvořák entered primary school and was taught to play violin by his teacher Joseph Spitz.

Dvořák was sent to Zlonice to live with his uncle Antonín Zdenĕk in order to learn the German language.

Moved to Prague and entered the city's Organ School

Joined Karel Komzák's orchestra

Performed in Prague's restaurants and at balls

Graduated from the Organ School, ranking second in his class

Applied unsuccessfully for a position as an organist at St. Henry's Church

Remained undaunted in pursuing a musical career despite the unsuccessful application

String Quintet in A minor composed and called Opus 1

Played viola in the Bohemian Provisional Theater Orchestra

Began composing first string quartet

First String Quartet composed and called Opus 2

Played in a program devoted to Richard Wagner

Agreed to share rent of flat in Prague's Žižkov district

Symphony in C minor composed without opus number, B.9

Bedřich Smetana replaced Maýr as chief conductor

Third String Quartet, B.18 written

First opera 'Alfred' composed between May and October

First press mention of Antonín Dvořák appeared in the Hudební listy journal

Left the Provisional Theatre orchestra to have more time for composing

Only gave opus numbers up to 5 among his first 26 compositions

First publicly performed composition was the song Vzpomínání ('Reminiscence') during musical evenings of L. Procházka

Overture of The King and the Charcoal Burner premiered in a Philharmonic concert conducted by Bedřich Smetana

Dvořák's Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 5, was performed in Prague by a 'splendid team of players' organized by Procházka. It was his first piece played in a concert.

Dvořák's Czech patriotic cantata The Heirs of the White Mountain was performed by the Prague Hlahol Choral Society of 300 singers, conducted by his friend and supporter Karel Bendl, to a warm response from both audience and critics, making it an 'unqualified success'.

Dvořák married Anna Čermáková

Dvořák's compositions were first coming to be recognized in Prague.

Birth of Otakar

Clapham gives the official report for the 1874 prize, stating that Dvořák deserves a grant to ease his straitened circumstances and free him from anxiety in his creative work.

King and Charcoal Burner II, B.42 premiered in Prague

Dvořák turned age 33 and remained almost unknown as a composer outside the area of Prague.

Dvořák applied for the Austrian State Prize ('Stipendium') for composition.

Massive submission by Dvořák to the Austrian State Prize jury: 'fifteen works including two symphonies, several overtures and a song cycle'.

Dvořák was a relatively impoverished music teacher who submitted 15 compositions, including symphonies, for the prize.

Dvořák won the Austrian State Prize ('Stipendium') for composition.

Death of Josefa

Birth of Josefa

The birth of his first son

Composed his second string quintet

Composed his 5th Symphony

Composed Piano Trio No. 1

Composed Serenade for Strings in E

Again entered but did not win the Austrian State Prize

Birth of Růžena

Won the Austrian State Prize

Felt free to resign his position as an organist

Death of Růžena

Death of Otakar

Wrote the Symphonic Variations

Symphonic Variations premiered in Prague conducted by Ludevít Procházka

Entered the Austrian Prize competition again

Brahms recommended Moravian Duets to publisher Simrock, who published them with success

Received a personal letter from Eduard Hanslick informing about winning the Austrian Prize

Learned that Brahms and Hanslick had been on the jury and offered friendly assistance

Wrote String Quartet No. 9 in D minor and dedicated it to Brahms

Birth of Otýlie

Submitted Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, first for piano four hands, then at Simrock's request, in an orchestral version

Louis Ehlert published a review of Moravian Duets and Slavonic Dances in Berlin 'Nationalzeitung'

Dvořák wrote his Violin Concerto

Slavonic Dances played in concerts in France, England, and the United States

Dvořák wrote his String Sextet

Joachim became a chief champion of Dvořák's chamber music

String Sextet premiered by Joseph Joachim and others

Dvořák dedicated the Violin Concerto to Joachim and sent him the score

Birth of Anna

Dvořák discovered anti-Czech sentiment among Vienna Philharmonic members causing objection to performing works by him in consecutive seasons

First piece of a religious nature, setting of Stabat Mater, premiered in Prague

Dvořák asked by Hans Richter to compose Symphony No. 6 for the Vienna Philharmonic

Adolf Čech conducted the premiere of Dvořák's Symphony No. 6

Birth of Magdalena

Hans Richter conducted Dvořák's Symphony No. 6 in London and retained an interest in Dvořák's compositions

Stabat Mater performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London, conducted by Joseph Barnby

Birth of Antonín

Violin Concerto premiered in Prague by violinist František Ondříček

Violin Concerto played in Vienna by František Ondříček with conductor Hans Richter

Dvořák invited to visit Britain and appeared to great acclaim

Dvořák conducted the premiere of Symphony No. 7 at St. James's Hall

Birth of Otakar

Presented cantata The Spectre's Bride in a concert in London

Supplied further Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 upon Simrock's request

Richter conducted the Symphonic Variations in London and Vienna to great acclaim

performance of Stabat Mater in Vienna fell victim to more anti-Czech feeling and what the composer called 'destructive criticism'

Birth of Aloisie

Dvořák visited Russia and conducted performances of his music in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Two quartets of Smetana available as part of the repertory of the Quartet on tour

Dvořák received an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge

Dvořák was offered a position at the Prague Conservatory as professor of composition and instrumentation

Dvořák initially refused the offer from the Prague Conservatory but later accepted it

Dvořák's Requiem was premiered in Birmingham at the Triennial Music Festival

The Bohemian String Quartet, later called the Czech Quartet, founded

Karel Hoffmann, first violin; Josef Suk, second violin; Oskar Nedbal, viola; and Otakar Berger, cello joined the Czech Quartet

Nedbal and Suk initiated the founding of the Quartet

As of 1891 Dvořák had written 11 string quartets

Six of Dvořák's string quartets premiered by 1891

Supported the concept that African-American and Native American music should be used as a foundation for American music

Wrote a series of newspaper articles reflecting on the state of American music

Dvořák offered an annual salary of $15,000 by Jeannette Thurber.

Arrival in America

Met Harry Burleigh, who introduced him to traditional African-American spirituals

The Panic of 1893, a severe economic depression, depleted the assets of the Thurber family and other patrons of the Conservatory.

Symphony No. 9, From the New World, premiered under the baton of Anton Seidl

Symphony No. 9, From the New World, received tumultuous applause

Symphony No. 9, From the New World, published and widely distributed among conductors and orchestras

Symphony No. 9, From the New World, considered one of Dvořák's greatest triumphs

Conducted a performance of his Eighth Symphony at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Dvořák's salary was cut to $8,000 per year and paid only irregularly.

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191, completed

returned from the United States with his wife and Otakar Berger

performance of Dimitrij at the National Theater

death of Josefina Kaunitzová, née Čermáková

Dvořák decided to return to Bohemia due to homesickness, unpaid salary, and increasing recognition in Europe

He had been made an honorary member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna

Dvořák and his wife left New York before the end of the spring term, with no intention of returning

Resumed professorship at the Prague Conservatory

Wrote five Symphonic Poems inspired by the collection Kytice by Karel Jaromír Erben

Completed opera Jakobín

Visited London for the last time to conduct the premiere of his Cello Concerto in B minor by the London Philharmonic

Tried to persuade Dvořák to move to Vienna

Hoped to gain an ally in Vienna to counterbalance the influence of Bruckner

Brahms's death

Dvořák's daughter Otilie married his student, the composer Josef Suk

Dvořák visited Brahms on his deathbed and attended his funeral on 6 April 1897

Dvořák was appointed a member of the jury for the Viennese Artists' Stipendium

Otýlie married Josef Suk

He was informed that Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary would award him a gold medal for Litteris et Artibus, the ceremony taking place before an audience in June 1899

Dvořák conducted his last concert with the Czech Philharmonic, performing Brahms' Tragic Overture, Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony, Beethoven's 8th Symphony, and Dvořák's own symphonic poem The Wild Dove

Completed opera Rusalka

Rusalka gained an international reputation

The Emperor appointed him a member of the Austrian House of Lords, along with the leading Czech poet Jaroslav Vrchlický

Dvořák succeeded Antonín Bennewitz as director of the Prague Conservatory from November 1901 until his death

Dvořák had to leave a rehearsal of Armida because of illness

Dvořák was forced by illness to take to his bed and was unable to attend the Czech Musical Festival

The first Czech Musical Festival had a programme consisting almost entirely of Dvořák's music

Seventy-six choral associations from all over Bohemia gathered in Prague and sixteen thousand singers sang Dvořák's oratorio Saint Ludmila

Thousands of listeners celebrated the symphony From the New World

Death of Dvořák at the age of 62, leaving many unfinished works

Dvořák died of an undiagnosed cause following five weeks of illness

Funeral service held

Remains buried in Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague beneath a bust by Czech sculptor Ladislav Šaloun

Death of Otýlie

First public performance of the overture of opera 'Alfred'

National Conservatory of Music building was demolished.

Full opera of The King and the Charcoal Burner with the original score performed once

Full opera 'Alfred' performed

Otakar wrote a book about his father

Third String Quartet, B.18 published posthumously

Third String Quartet, B.18 premiered

Dvořák's New York home was demolished to make room for a Beth Israel Medical Center residence for people with AIDS.

The Beth Israel Medical Center residence was converted into a homeless shelter.

The King and the Charcoal Burner full opera performed in a concert performance at the Dvořák Prague International Music Festival

Attack of influenza