1866
Charles de Sousy Ricketts born in Geneva, Switzerland (2 October), to Cornelia Fausta Felix Pia Adeodata Maddalena Marsuzi de Aguirre (1824â1880) and Charles Robert Ricketts (1838â1883)
1868
Family moves to London in around 1868
Birth of his only sister in London: Blanche Mildmay (1868â1903)
c.1876â1880
CR and his mother live in Boulogne and Asnières, France
1880
Family moves to Italy
Mother dies in Genoa, Italy (30 December)
1881
Family moves back to Great Britain
1883
Father dies on the Isle of Bute, Scotland (29 June)
CR enrols in the wood-engraving class at South London Technical School of Art (16 October).
Meets Charles Shannon (1863â1937)
Lives at 164 Kennington Park Road, Kennington
1885
CR switches to the Life Class (until 1888)
First published drawing appears in The Magazine of Art (January 1886 issue, available in December 1885)
1886
CHS comes to live with CR
1886â1890s
Publishes commissioned drawings in magazines and books, exhibits pastels and watercolours
1887
Meets Thomas Sturge Moore
Lives at 12a Edith Terrace, Edith Grove, Brompton (until 1888)
1888
Move [with CHS] to No. 2, The Vale, Kingâs Road, Chelsea (September?)
CHS visits Herbert Horne and Selwyn Image
1889
Meets poet John Gray
First issue of The Dial issued by CHS and CR [including CRâs first published essay, on Puvis de Chavannes] (August)
Meets Oscar Wilde
1890
Designs first bookplate, for Gleeson White (October?)
Meets Lucien Pissarro (November)
1891
First book design for Oscar Wilde published (The Picture of Dorian Gray) (April)
Meets Charles Holmes
1891â1893
Designs other books by Oscar Wilde and books by Thomas Hardy, Hélène Vacaresco, John Gray, John Addington Symonds, John Leicester Warren (Lord de Tabley)
1892
(Probable) first contact with Robert Ross and William Rothenstein
1893
CR and CHS start publishing art portfolios (including CHSâs Early Lithographs) (February)
First letter to Sydney Cockerell (April?)
CR and CHS illustrate Daphnis and Chloe (published: June)
Mathews and Lane exhibit CR and CHS works at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition (OctoberâDecember)
1894
First meeting with Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper (âMichael Fieldâ) (January)
CR illustrates Wildeâs The Sphinx (published June 1894)
Meets William Llewellyn Hacon
Hacon & Ricketts is established (October)
Move to 31 Beaufort Street, Chelsea (October)
1895
Oscar Wilde convicted for âgross indecencyâ (May)
Issues first âNoticeâ of Vale Press books (Fall)
1896
CR opens shop âAt the Sign of The Dialâ at 52 Warwick Street (April)
First Vale Press book is published by Hacon & Ricketts: Milton, Early Poems (April)
1897
Publishes A Defence of the Revival of Printing (June)
Last issue of The Dial is published (November)
1898
Move to 8 Spring Terrace, Richmond (March)
c.1899â1904
Designs jewellery for friends
1899
Trip to Switzerland, Italy and France [with CHS] (AprilâJune)
Meets W.B. Yeats (November)
A fire destroys Vale Press material at the Ballantyne Press (December)
Meets Edmund and Mary Davis (around 1899?)
1900
Oscar Wilde dies (November)
1901
Takes up oil painting
Has by now met Antonio Cippicco
1902
Move to Lansdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Holland Park (May)
Exhibits a painting, woodcuts, original drawings and Vale Press books at Wolverhampton (May)
Publishes A Catalogue of Mr. Shannonâs Lithographs (August)
1903
Journey to Italy and Germany [with CHS] (MarchâApril)
Trip to Madrid (AprilâMay)
Closure of the Vale Press/Hacon & Ricketts (June)
Trip to Berlin, Dresden, and Vienna (August)
Member of the National Art Collections Fund (November)
First Friday party in CHSâs studio at Lansdowne House (December)
1904
Publishes The Prado and its Masterpieces (May)
Starts working on sculptures (late Spring)
Privately publishes A Bibliography of the Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts (June)
First contribution to The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (June)
Meets poet Gordon Bottomley (June)
First costume design (for W.B. Yeats)
Joins and exhibits with The Society of Twelve (November)
1905
Starts political plea for the release of Maxim Gorky (January)
Designs cover for Wildeâs De Profundis (published February)
Journey to Rome and Florence [with CHS] (FebruaryâMarch)
Joins the Executive Committee of The Vasari Society
1906
Journey to Sienna, Florence, Rome and Naples (March)
First performances of the Literary Theatre Society (April)
First one-man show of paintings, at Van Wisselinghâs (May)
Meets the actress Lillah McCarthy (October?)
1907
Designs first theatre poster, for The Persians (March)
Designs scenery and costumes for G.B. Shawâs Don Juan in Hell (MayâJune)
Gives a lecture with lantern-slides on Watteau, at Lansdowne House (June)
Exhibits bronzes and painting [with CHS] at Carfax & Co (July)
1908
Organizes first âExhibition of Fair Womenâ (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London) (FebruaryâMarch)
Trip to Venice [with CHS] (May)
1909
Publishes articles on costumes and dress in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (JanuaryâFebruary)
Exhibition of CR and CHSâs Hokusai and Hokkei collection in Paris (June)
Designs stage setting and costumes for King Lear (staged in September)
1910
Publishes first article in The Times Literary Supplement (March)
Publishes first article in The Morning Post (March)
Publishes his book Titian (April)
First visit to the Ballets Russes performances (April)
Protests against Post-Impressionism (November)
1911
Journey to Egypt, Greece and Italy [with CHS] (JanuaryâMarch)
Organizes [with CHS] the exhibition A Century of Art at the Grafton Gallery and writes the catalogue (June)
Trip to Belgium and The Netherlands [with CHS] (November)
Meets Glyn Philpot
1912
Journey to Egypt, Austria and Germany [with CHS] (August 1912âFebruary 1913)
Publishes article âStage Decorationâ in The Fortnightly Review (December)
1913
Publishes collection of essays Pages on Art (April)
Trip to Paris [with CHS] (Summer)
Publishes first essay in The Observer (November)
1914
Martin Birnbaum organizes CR and CHS exhibitions in New York, Providence and Buffalo (MarchâSeptember)
1915
Publishes several letters about the protection of art [some with CHS] in newspapers and magazines
1916
First letter to Thomas Lowinsky
Acquires a pianola (October)
1918
Designs costumes for YMCA performances in Le Havre and Paris (JulyâSeptember)
Furnishes the Norman Keep at Chilham Castle as a country retreat [with CHS] (from November)
Meets Cecil Lewis (c.1918â1919)
1919
Contributes first text in Italian to La Ronda (September)
1920
First book design for Bottomley published (July)
1921
Publishes first essay on music in The British Music Bulletin (March)
1922
Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (April)
1923
Becomes adviser to the National Gallery of Canada (first written advice: July)
Move to Townshend House, Albert Road, Regents Park (May)
Journey to Baveno and Paris [with CHS] (October)
1924
Designs stage setting and costumes for Shawâs St. Joan (first night in March)
Journey to Lago Maggiore, Florence and Rome [with CHS] (SeptemberâOctober)
1925
Designs stage setting, costumes, tapestries and props for Henry VIII (performed December)
1926
Designs costumes and scenery for The Mikado (October)
Designs stage setting and costumes for Macbeth (December)
1927
Journey to Tunisia [with Cecil Lewis] (MarchâApril)
Journey to Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, New York and Boston (OctoberâNovember)
1928
Elected a member of the Royal Academy (February)
Art adviserâs trip to Florence [with Eric Brown] (June)
1929
CHS makes a fall and suffers permanent neurological damage (January)
Publishes Beyond the Threshold (March)
Designs costumes for The Gondoliers (MayâNovember)
Journey to Rome [with Henning Nyberg] (NovemberâDecember)
1930
Committee member of the Exhibition of Italian Art (on show JanuaryâMarch)
Trip to Berlin and Munich [with Henning Nyberg] (February)
1931
Trip to Italy [with Henning Nyberg] (MayâJune)
Dies (7 October)