Pierre-Auguste Renoir is born in Limoges, France, on February 25.

Moves with his family to Paris.

Apprenticed to a porcelain painter.

Enrolls as a student of the painter Charles Gleyre; in Gleyre's studio he befriends Frédéric Bazille, Alfred Sisley, and Claude Monet.

Exhibits at the Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, for the first time.

Assists in the organization of the first Impressionist exhibition, where he shows seven paintings.

Travels to Algeria and Italy.

Pierre, Renoir's first son with Aline Charigot, is born on March 21.

Marries Aline Charigot on April 14.

Renoir's son Jean is born on September 15; Gabrielle Renard joins the household as Jean's nanny.

Painter Berthe Morisot dies on March 2; Renoir becomes the guardian of her daughter Julie Manet.

Travels to London and the Netherlands in the autumn.

Suffers his first bout of rheumatoid arthritis.

Renoir's son Claude ("Coco") is born on August 4.

Meets Aristide Maillol, probably for the first time.

Stays for the first time in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

The Salon d'Automne in Paris mounts an exhibition devoted to Paul Cézanne and Renoir in October.

Painters Maurice Denis and Ker-Xavier Roussel visit Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer in January.

Purchases the estate of Les Collettes just outside Cagnes-sur-Mer on June 28.

Moves with his family into the newly constructed villa at Les Collettes in November.

Dealer Paul Durand-Ruel shows forty-three paintings by Renoir in New York from November to December.

Thirty-seven works by Renoir are shown at the Venice Biennale from April to October.

Travels to Germany with his family in the summer.

Five paintings by Renoir are shown at the groundbreaking Armory Show in New York from February 17 to March 15.

Begins work with sculptor Richard Guino in August.

World War I begins in August; Renoir's sons Pierre and Jean are mobilized.

Renoir's wife, Aline, dies after visiting Jean, who is hospitalized with a serious leg injury.

Pierre Bonnard visits Renoir.

Henri Matisse moves to Nice and visits Renoir for the first time on December 31.

Dealer Paul Rosenberg writes to Pablo Picasso on July 29 to suggest a meeting between him and Renoir in Paris.

Visits Paris in August and has a private viewing at the Musée du Louvre.

Renoir dies at Les Collettes on December 3; he is later buried beside Aline at Essoyes.