1863 - Born 12 December at Løten, Hedmark.

1864 - The family moves to Kristiania (Oslo).

1868 - The mother dies.

1877 - Favourite sister Sophie dies, 15 years old.

1880 - Breaks off his engineering education to become a painter.

1881 - Studies at the Royal School of Drawing.

1885 - Three weeks' stay in Paris.

1886 - First versions of the paintings The Sick Child, Puberty, The Day After.

1889 - First private exhibition at The Norwegian Students' Association. The Father dies. To Paris in the autumn, studies with Léon Bonnat.

1892 - Exhibits in Berlin's Artists' Association. Scandal causes premature closure.

1893 - Lives in Berlin and works on The Frieze of Life motifs.

1894 - First etchings and lithographs.

1895 - The younger brother Andreas dies.

1896 - First colour lithographs, colour etchings and woodcuts executed in Paris.

1904 - Paints frieze for Dr. Max Linde's home in Lübeck.

1906 - Decorations for Max Reinhardt's staging of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts in Berlin .

1907 - Paints Frieze of Life motifs for the lobby of the 'Kammerspiele' stage at Deutsches Theater, Berlin.

1908 - Nervous breakdown in Copenhagen.

1909 - Returns to Norway. Settles in Kragerø. Commences work on decorations for the Aula of the University of Kristiania.

1916 - Aula decorations installed after great controversy. Purchases the estate Ekely, near Kristiania, where he settles permanently.

1922 - Paints murals for the canteen at Freia Chocolate Factory, Kristiania.

1928 - Works on sketches and plans for the decoration of Oslo City Hall, later renouncing the task.

1937 - 82 works by Munch in German public galleries confiscated as 'entartete Kunst'.

1940 - Bequeathes all works of art in his possession to the City of Oslo.

1944 - Dies 23rd January at Ekely.