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1854: Sargent’s family takes up residence in Europe.

1856: John Sargent is born on 12 January in Florence.

1857: The Sargents have a daughter, Emily.

1865: Studies drawing and watercolour while travelling throughout Europe with his parents.

1870: Begins drawing classes at the Academia delle Belle Arti, Florence. The Sargents have a second daughter, Violet.

1874: Moves with the family to Paris. Sargent begins painting classes, first at the studio of Emile Carolus-Duran, then with Adolphe Yvon at the Ecole des beaux-arts.

1876: Visits the United States with his mother and sister Emily. He confirms his U. S. citizenship. He returns to Paris and continues to study.

1878–9: Travels to Spain and Morocco. He sees works by Velázquez and Goya.

1880–1: Begins a six-month stay in Venice. Joins mother and sisters in Nice.

1882–4: Paints The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit. He exhibits his portrait of Madame Pierre Gautreau, Madame X. He meets author Henry James.

1885–6: Moves to London and there paints his first portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson.

1890: He accepts a commission to create mural decorations in Boston.

1894: Is elected as an associate of the Royal Academy. He exhibits the first completed part of the Boston mural.

1903: Goes to Boston for the installation of the first panel of the Boston Library mural. He paints a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.

1907: He announces that he wants to stop painting commissioned portraits.

1913: Paints a portrait of Henry James.

1916: Completes the installation of his murals in Boston. Takes on a commission to decorate a ceiling of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

1917: Paints a portrait of Woodrow Wilson.

1918: Returns to Europe and visits battlefields in France.

1921–2: Returns to Boston for the unveiling of mural decorations in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Installs a commissioned mural for a library at Harvard University.

1924: Attends a retrospective of his work in Manhattan. Returns to London.

1925: Dies on 4 April. Memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey and later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.