| 1805 | Birth and Background | 1844 | Weimar and Dresden | 
    
      | 1806 | The Parents Move in Together | 1845 | Visits Jenny Lind in Berlin | 
    
      | 1807 | To Munkemøllestræde (Street) | 1846 | Breakthrough in England | 
    
      | 1808 | The Spaniards on Funen | 1847 | Journey to England and Scotland | 
    
      | 1810 | Schooling | 1848 | First Fairy-tales in French | 
    
      | 1812 | Encounters with the Theatre in Odense | 1849 | The Casino Theatre | 
    
      | 1814 | Father Returns Home from the Army | 1850 | The Paper Mill in Silkeborg | 
    
      | 1816 | Death of HCA's Father | 1851 | Titular Professor | 
    
      | 1818 | HCA's Mother Remarries | 1852 | From Fairy-tales to Stories | 
    
      | 1819 | From Odense to Copenhagen | 1853 | Collected Works | 
    
      | 1820 | At the School of Singing and Dance | 1854 | Sees Jenny Lind Once Again | 
    
      | 1821 | Debut as Walker-On | 1855 | Mit Livs Eventyr (The Fairy Tale of My Life) | 
    
      | 1822 | To the "Latin School" in Slagelse | 1856 | The Opera Liden Kirsten in Weimar | 
    
      | 1823 | Getting to Know B.S. Ingemann | 1857 | The Second Journey to England | 
    
      | 1825 | Like an "Aladdin at the Castle" | 1858 | Contact with the Workers' Association | 
    
      | 1826 | To Elsinore with Principle Meisling | 1859 | The Great Journey to Jutland | 
    
      | 1827 | Private Lessons in Copenhagen | 1860 | The Melchior Family | 
    
      | 1828 | Certificate of Education/Graduation | 1861 | Jonas Collin Snr. Dies | 
    
      | 1829 | Literary and Theatrical Debut | 1862 | Journey to Spain | 
    
      | 1830 | Riborg Voigt | 1863 | Home from Spain | 
    
      | 1831 | First Journey Outside Denmark | 1864 | Effects of the War | 
    
      | 1832 | Levnedsbogen (The Biography) | 1865 | New Version of Ravnen (The Raven) | 
    
      | 1833 | The Great Journey of Personal Development (Bildung) | 1866 | Journey to Portugal | 
    
      | 1834 | The Journey Continues | 1867 | Honorary Citizen in Odense | 
    
      | 1835 | Novel and Fairy-tale, Debut in Germany | 1868 | Dryaden (The Wood Nymph) | 
    
      | 1836 | Xavier Marmier in Copenhagen | 1869 | Article by Georg Brandes | 
    
      | 1837 | First Trip to Sweden | 1870 | The Last Novel | 
    
      | 1838 | Criticism from Søren Kierkegaard | 1871 | Journey to Norway | 
    
      | 1839 | Billedbog uden Billeder (Picture Book without Pictures) | 1872 | Illness and the Last Fairy-tale | 
    
      | 1840 | Journey in Europe and The Orient | 1873 | Final Journey Abroad | 
    
      | 1841 | Journey in Europe and The Orient continued | 1874 | Is Awarded the Danish Title: Konferensråd | 
    
      | 1842 | Arrival of the Half Sister | 1875 | Death of Hans Christian Andersen | 
  
    | 1843 | Jenny Lind |  |  |