 | June 8, 1810, Robert Schumann was born in Zwickeau, Saxony. |
| 1812 Robert began piano lessons at two. |
| September 12, 1819, Clara Wieck was born in Leipzig. |
| 1821 Robert moved to Leipzig to study law, but doesn’t enjoy his studies. |
| 1828 Robert studies law in Heidelberg. |
| 1830 Robert moves in with and studies piano from Frederic Wieck. |
| 1834 Robert starts music journal, the Neue Zeitschrift fur musik. |
| 1839 Court battle begins between Robert and Clara against Frederic Wieck. |
| 1840 Robert and Clara are allowed to marry. They marry on September 12, 1840. |
| 1840 Robert writes app. 150 songs such as the cycles Diechterliebe and Frauenliebe. |
| 1841 Robert writes first symphony "Spring". Their first daughter, Marie, is
born. |
| 1843 Takes up teaching at the Leipzig Conservatory. Second child, Elise, is born. |
| 1844 Schumann moves to Dresden. |
| 1845 Third child, Julie, is born. |
| 1846 Fourth child, Emil, is born. |
| 1847 Begins writing the opera Genoveva. |
| 1848 Fifth child, Ludwig, is born. |
| 1849 Sixth child, Ferdinand, is born. |
| 1850 Accepts post in Duesselfdorf as town music director. Writes Cellko Concerto and |
| the third symphony, Rhenish. |
| 1851 Seventh child, Eugenie, is born. |
| 1854 Robert attempts to drown himself in the Rhine. He was voluntarily put in an asylum.
Eighth child, Felix, is born. |
| 1856 Died on July 29 in an asylum in Edenich. |
