1857, 3 December	Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski born in Berdyczów in the Ukraine, son of Apollo Korzeniowski and Ewa (née Bobrowska).
	1861, 21 October	Apollo Korzeniowski imprisoned in Warsaw by Russian police for his underground patriotic activities.
	1862, 9 May	The Korzeniowskis are sentenced to exile and sent under escort to northern Russia.
	1865, 18 April	Ewa Korzeniowska dies of tuberculosis.
	1868, January	Apollo Korzeniowski, seriously ill, is reprieved and leaves Russia with his son.
	1869, 23 May	Apollo Korzeniowski dies in Cracow.
	1874, 26 September	Konrad Korzeniowski leaves Poland for Marseilles.
	1878, 11 July	Joins his first British ship, the Skimmer of the Sea.
	1886 19 August 10 November	Becomes a British subject. Passes his examination for Ordinary Master of the British merchant marine.
	1889–1890	Works in the Belgian Congo.
	1894 17 January 24 April	Leaves his last position as a seaman. Finishes the draft of Almayer’s Folly.
	1895, 29 April	Almayer’s Folly — A Story of an Eastern River published in London. Korzeniowski adopts “Joseph Conrad” as his pen name.
	1896 4 March 24 March 1896	An Outcast of the Islands published. Conrad marries Miss Jessie George, born 22 February 1873.
	1897, 2 December	The Nigger of the “Narcissus” — A Tale of the Sea published.
	1898, 26 March	Tales of Unrest (“Karain,” “The Idiots,” “An Outpost of Progress,” “The Return,” “The Lagoon”) published.
	1899, 6 February	Conrad finishes writing “Heart of Darkness.”
	1900, 15 October	Lord Jim — A Tale published.
	1901, 26 June	The Inheritors — An Extravagant Story, a novel Conrad wrote in collaboration with Ford Madox Hueffer (later Ford Madox Ford), published.
	1902, 13 November	Youth and Two Other Stories published.
	1903 22 April 16 October	Typhoon and Other Stories published. Romance — A Novel, written in collaboration with F. M. Hueffer, published.
	1904, 14 October	Nostromo — A Tale of the Seaboard published.
	1905, 22 April	Conrad finishes “Autocracy and War.”
	1906, 4 October	The Mirror of the Sea — Memories and Impressions published.
	1907, 12 September	The Secret Agent — A Simple Tale published.
	1908, 6 August	A Set of Six published.
	1911, 5 October	Under Western Eyes published.
	1912 19 January 14 October	Some Reminiscences published (later renamed A Personal Record). ’Twixt Land and Sea — Tales published.
	1913, 18 September	Chance — A Tale in Two Parts published.
	1914 25 July–3 November	Conrad travels to Poland with his family.
	1915 24 February 27 March	Within the Tides — Tales published. Victory — An Island Tale published.
	1917, 19 March	The Shadow-Line — A Confession published.
	1918, 27 December	Conrad finishes “The Crime of Partition.”
	1919, 6 August	The Arrow of Gold — A Story Between Two Notes published.
	1920, 21 May	The Rescue — A Romance of the Shallows, novel begun by Conrad in 1896, published.
	1921 25 February June 1921	Notes on Life and Letters published. Conrad translates from Polish Bruno Winawer’s Księga Hioba: The Book of Job.
	1923 1 May–2 June 1 December	Conrad travels to the United States. The Rover published.
	1924, 3 August	Conrad dies of heart attack at his home near Canterbury.
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