1819
Marriage of the writer’s parents, Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky (1788-1839), doctor at the Marinsky Hospital for the Poor in Moscow, and Maria Fyodorovna Nechaeva (1800-1837), daughter of a Moscow merchant Fyodor Timofeevich Nechaev
1820 October 13/25
Birth of the writer’s elder brother Mikhail
1821 October 30/November 11
Birth of M.A. and M.F.Dostoevskys second son – Fyodor (Moscow)
1831
M.A. Dostoevsky bought a small estate in the district of Kashir, province of Tula, which consisted of two small villages -–Darovoye and Chermashnya (bought in 1832). Since then, up to his departure to St. Petersburg, Dostoevsky spent each summer at Darovoye
1833 January
Mikhail and Fyodor joined the semi-boarding school of N.I. Drashusov (Souchard), where they had courses every morning and were back to lunch
1834
The two elder brothers entered the Moscow private boarding school of Leonty Ivanovich Chermak
1837 January 29/February 10
Death of Pushkin, that struck profoundly Dostoevsky. He learned the news only after a month
February 27/March 11
Death of Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevskaya
May
The two elder brothers moved to Petersburg to enter the Military Engineering Academy. Before the Academy, they entered the preparatory boarding school of captain K.F. Kostomarov
July 1/13
M.A. Dostoevsky resigned and soon after moved to his estate
1838 January 16/28
F.M. Dostoevsky admitted to the Military Engineering Academy
JuneMikhail Dostoevsky moved to Revel to join an Engineering detachment
1839 June
Death of Mikhail Andreevich Dostoevsky, murdered (after the family legend) by his serfs
1841 August
Fyodor Dostoevsky promoted to field ensign-engineer and transfered to the lower officer’s class. He was afforded an opportunity to live outside the Engineering Academy and rented an apartment at Karavannaya Street near Manege
1844 January
Fyodor Dostoevsky translated Balzac’s Eugenie Grandet
In winter he conceived the novel Poor Folk
August
Dostoevsky tendered his resignation
1845 End of May
Dostoevsky read Poor Folk to Dmitry Grigorovich, who passed the novel to Nekrasov. Nekrasov and Belinsky delighted with the Poor Folk. Even before the publication of the novel, Dostoevsky’s name became known in the Petersburg literary circles
1846 January
Publication of Petersburg Collection, edited by Nekrasov, that included Dostoevsky’s novel Poor Folk
February
Publication of the novella The Double
(published in N 2 Notes from the Fatherland)
October
The short story Mister Prokharchin
(published in N 10 of Notes from the Fatherland)
December
Dostoevsky worked on Netochka Nezvanova
Acquaintance with Apollon and Valerian Maikov, A.N. Pleshcheev, M.V. Petrashevsky
1847 January
Novel in 9 Letters published in N 1 of the journal The Contemporary
Dostoevsky began to assist to gatherings in Petrashevsky’s home which take place on Fridays. He got access to Petrashevsky’s collection of books
October
Beginning of the publication of the novella Landlady (Notes of the Fatherland)
1848 January
Publication A Faint Heart in the N2 of the Notes of the Fatherland
December
Publication White Nights and the short story A Jealous Husband in the N12 of the Notes of the Fatherland. Dostoevsky close to N.A. Speshnev. A particular secret society organized under the guidance of Speshnev, which includes some of the most determined of the participants of Petrachevsky gatherings: Dostoevsky, N.A. Mordvinov, N.A Mombelli, P.N. Filippov, N.P. Grigoriev, V.A. Milutin. The society undertakes “to realize a coup in Russia”
1849
Beginning of the publication of the Dostoevsky’s novel Netochka Nezvanova in N1 of the Notes of the Fatherland
April 23/May 5
Early in the morning the members of the Petrachevsky circle were arrested. Dostoevsky arrested at 4 a.m. In all, that night, “36 persons of different rank” were arrested. Dostoevsky imprisoned in the cell No 9 of the “secret House” of Alexeevsky ravelin.
December 22/January 2
Execution at the Semyonovsky Square. Reprieve of the execution and reading of the pardon rescript
1850 January 9/21
On their way to the Omsk prison, Dostoevsky, S.F.Durov and F.L.Yastrjembsky arrive to Tobolsk. At the jail of Tobolsk Dostoevsky and Durov receive visit of the wifes of Decembrist insurgents – N.D.Fonvizina and P.E.Annenkova with her daughter. Fonvizina provides Dostoevsky with a copy of The New Testament in which binding is hidden 10 rubles.
January 23/February 4
Dostoevsky and Durov arrive to the Omsk fortress
1850-1854
Dostoevsky –convict at the Omsk fortress
1854 January 23/February 4
Dostoevsky leaved the prison. He was enrolled as a private in the troops of a Siberian Independent Corps
End of February
Dostoevsky transferred to the city of Semipalatinsk, as a private in the Seventh Line Batallion
spring
Acquaintance with Alexander Ivanovich Isaev and Maria Dmitrievna Isaev, with their son Pavel
1855 March
The accession to the throne of Alexander II marked by the promulgation of the “Imperial manifesto”, in connection with which was published the Order of “privileges and favours” regarding “those officials of the Military department who fell into crimes”
middle of May
A.I. Isaev was given assignment to the town of Kuznetsk, province of Tobolsk. Departure of the Isaev from Semipalatinsk
August
Death of A.I. Isaev
1856
Acquaintance and friendship with Ch.Ch. Valikhanov
November
Dostoevsky proposed marriage to M.D. Isaeva and obtained her consent
1857 February 6/18
Marriage of Dostoevsky and M.D. Isaeva in Odigitriev Church in the town of Kuznetsk. On their way back from Kuznetsk Dostoevsky had a strongest attack, the doctor ascertained “ a real epilepsy”
April 17/29
By an imperial decree to the Governing senate, Dostoevsky was assigned back his hereditary nobility. That allowed him to publish his works. The Little Hero was published in the No 8 of the Notes of the Fatherland
1858 Before March 8/20
Dostoevsky tendered his resignation
1859 March
Apperance of the novella My Uncle’s Dream in the N3 of the Russian Word. Dostoevsky received the long-awaited resignation. The writer put under secret surveillance. He chose Tver as a place of residence
November-December
Publication of The Village of Stepanchikovo and his inhabitants in the N 11-12 of the Notes of the Fatherland
December 20/January 1
Having been authorized to reside in Petersburg, Dostoevsky with his family moved to Petersburg
1860 spring
Publication of The Works of F.M. Dostoevsky in 2 volumes.
September 1/13
Publication of the “Introduction” and of the 1st chapter of the Notes from the House of the Dead in the journal Russian World, N 67
1861 January
Appearance of the 1st issue of the journal Time with the first part of the novel The Insulted and the Injured and “a number of articles on Russian literature”. Continuation of publication of Notes from the House of the Dead in the Russian World
1862 June 7/19
Dostoevsky’s trip abroad for the first time. Within 2,5 months he visits more than 20 cities of the Western Europe (Berlin, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Cologne, Paris, London, Florence, Turin, Geneva, Vienna, and others)
1863 May 24/June 5
Suppressing of the journal Time (for the article “The Fatal question”)
4/16 August 4/16 –by October 21/November 3
Dostoevsky leaves abroad from Petersburg (Berlin, Wiesbaden, Paris, Baden-Baden, Turin, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Florence, Hambourg, Dresden, Livorno…)
1864 January 24/February 5
Mikhail Dostoevsky authorized to publish the journal The Epoch
March
Appearance of an issue of the journal The Epoch with Notes from Underground
April 15/27
Death of Maria Dostoevskaya, the writer’s wife
July 10/22
Death of Mikhail Dostoevsky, the writer’s older brother. The writer continues the editing of The Epoch. Enormous debts left after his brother’s death fell upon him. Dostoevsky assumes all of Mikhail’s debts
1865 After July 16/28
Saving himself of the creditors, Dostoevsky leaved from Petersburg in Europe
July 29/August 10
Beginning of work on the novel Crime and Punishment
1866 January
Beginning of the publication of the novel Crime and Punishment from the issue n1 of the journal the Russian Messenger . The publication lasted the whole year long
October 4/16
The first visit to Dostoevsky of Anna Grigorievna Snitkina, a 20-years old stenographer, the writer’s future wife. Dostoevsky began to dictate her his novel The Gambler
October 31/November 12
Completion of work on the novel The Gambler
November 3/15
Dostoevsky requested Anna to stenograph the last part of the novel Crime and Punishment
November 8/20
Dostoevsky proposed marriage to A. G. Snitkina. She consented joyfully
1867 February 15/27
Marriage of Dostoevsky and A.G. Snitkina in the Trinity-Izmailovsky Cathedral
April 14/26
Dostoevsky and his wife leaved abroad, presumably, for several months. But they would stay in Europe for more than four years (Berlin, Dresden, Baden-Baden, Basle, Geneva, Vevey, Milan, Florence)
1868 January
Beginning of the publication of the novel The Idiot (Russian Messenger)
February 22/March 5
Birth of Sofia, daughter of the Dostoevskys, in Geneva
May 12/24
Death of Sofia Dostoevskaya. The writer deeply affected by his daughter’s death
1869 January
Dostoevsky completed work on the novel The Idiot
September 14/26
Birth of Dostoevsky’s second daughter – Lyubov
1871 January
Beginning of the publication of the novel Home
