1833
Born 7 July. Remains parents' only son. Father is a wealthy industrialist.
1851
Enrolled Université Libre in Brussels at the Faculty of Law. Emerges as a successful caricaturist.
1856
A substantial inheritance from his father enables him to found the magazine "l'Uylenspiegel". Enters into marriage the following year.
1864
Meet Charles Baudelaire with whom a lasting bond develops.
1868
Begins a relationship with sisters Aurélie and Leontine Duluc from Paris.
1874
Moves to Paris and becomes the city's highest-paid illustrator.
1878
A highlight of his career as an artist. Origin of "Pornocrates" and "La Tentation de Saint Antoine".
1886
"Pornocrates" creates a scandal at an exhibition organised around "XX Group" (Les Vingts). Beginning of friendship with Armand Rassenfosse.
1898
Having lived in "Demi-Lune", his house in Essonnes near Paris, since 1892, he died on 23 August. Had received the Legion d'Honneur earlier in the year.
