| 1862 |
Edith Newbold Jones born on January
24 in New York |
| 1866 |
Jones family travels to Italy,
France, Spain, and Germany |
| 1872 |
Jones family returns to New York;
summers in Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1873 |
Walter Pater's Studies in
the History of the Renaissance published |
| 1876 |
Philadelphia Centennial
Exposition |
| 1877 |
Society of American Artists and
Society of Decorative Arts form; Edith Wharton completes
her first novel, Fast and Loose |
| 1878 |
Jacob Burkhardt's The Civilization
of the Renaissance in Italy published |
| 1879 |
McKim, Mead, and White architectural
firm forms; Louis Comfort Tiffany's Associated Artists group
forms |
| 1880 |
John La Farge receives patent
for opalescent glass; Jones family returns to Europe |
| 1885 |
Edith marries Edward R. Wharton;
the Whartons live in New York and Newport; travel to Italy |
| 1888 |
Whartons take Mediterranean cruise
with James Van Alen |
| 1891 |
Edith Wharton purchases townhouse
at 882-884 Park Avenue, New York; Ogden Codman Jr. redesigns
interior |
| 1893 |
World's Colombian Exposition
in Chicago; Edith Wharton buys Land's End in Newport; Ogden
Codman Jr. redesigns interior and garden |
| 1894 |
Whartons meet scholar Vernon
Lee in Italy; Francis Hoppin and Terrence Koen begin architectural
practice in New York City |
| 1896 |
Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman
Jr. begin The Decoration of Houses |
| 1897 |
The Decoration of Houses published |
| 1899 |
Whartons look for summer property
in Lenox, Massachusetts |
| 1901 |
Edith Wharton purchases Laurel Lake Farm in Lenox
|
| 1900 |
Whartons summer at The Poplars
in Lenox |
| 1902 |
The Mount completed; Whartons
move in |
| 1903 |
Edith Wharton sells Land's End |
| 1904 |
Italian Villas and their Gardens
published; Henry James, Gailllard Lapsley, and Howard
Sturgis visit The Mount |
| 1905 |
Italian Backgrounds and
The House of Mirth published |
| 1907 |
Whartons rent George Vanderbilt's
apartment in Paris, France, for winter months |
| 1910 |
Whartons separate; Edith Wharton
rents apartment in Paris |
| 1911 |
Whartons sell The Mount |
| 1913 |
Whartons divorce |
| 1914 |
Edith Wharton founds American
Hostels for Refugees |
| 1915 |
Edith Wharton founds Children
of Flanders Rescue Committee |
| 1919 |
Edith Wharton moves to Pavillon
Colombe; leases Ste. Claire for winter months |
| 1920 |
The Age of Innocence published |
| 1921 |
Edith Wharton becomes first woman
to receive Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for The Age of
Innocence |
| 1923 |
Edith Wharton receives honorary
doctorate from Yale University |
| 1937 |
Edith Wharton dies at Pavillon
Colombe, France |
