This is a chronology of the artist Vincent van Gogh. It is based as far as possible on Van Gogh's correspondence. However, it has only been possible to construct the chronology by drawing on additional sources. Most of his letters are not dated and it was only in 1973 that a sufficient dating was established by Jan Hulsker, subsequently revised by Ronald Pickvance and marginally corrected by others. Many other relevant dates in the chronology derive from the biographies of his brother Theo, his uncle and godfather Cent, his friends Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin, and others. Facts and dates which are undisputed (see Resources), remain unreferenced. : 1850 1851 1852 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1862 1864 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 Footnotes References External links 1850 November 6: Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Cent) marries Cornelia Carbentus, in The Hague. 1851 May 21: Ds. Theodorus van Gogh, since 1849 pastor in Groot-Zundert, marries Anna Cornelia Carbentus, his brother Cent's sister-in-law, in The Hague. 1852 March 30: Theodorus and Anna Cornelia have their first child, a son, called Vincent; dies at birth. 1853 March 30: Vincent Willem van Gogh is born in Zundert. 1855 February 17: sister Anna Cornelia van Gogh, (1855-1930), called Anna, is born. 1857 May 1: brother Theodorus van Gogh, called Theo, is born. 1859 May 16: sister Elisabeth Huberta van Gogh, (1859-1936), called Lies, is born. 1861 March 26: Uncle Cent becomes partner of Goupil & Cie. 1862 March 16: sister Willemina Jacoba van Gogh, (1862-1941), called Wil, is born. 1864 October 1: in Zevenbergen to attend the school of Jan Provily. 1866 August: leaves Zevenbergen. September 3: enters secondary school at Tilburg: the Koning Willem II school. 1867 May 17: brother Cornelis Vincent van Gogh, (1867-1900), called Cor, is born. 1868 March: leaves Tilburg and returns to his family in Zundert. 1869 July 30: Vincent starts apprenticeship with Goupil & Cie, The Hague. 1871 January: Van Gogh's family moves to Helvoirt. 1872 January 29: Uncle Cent, until then one of three shareholders of Goupil & Cie., retires from business, but continues holding his share, now 6/30 (and formerly 1/3?); Adolphe and Albert Goupil hold 7/30 each, and Léon Goupil 10/30. 1873 January 1: Theo starts apprenticeship with Goupil & Cie, Brussels. February 19: the