| 1905 | 21 December.
Anthony Dymoke Powell born, Westminster
| 1912
| 13 March.
Lady Violet Pakenham born
| 1919-23
| Attended Eton College
| 1922-23
| Won a John Galsworthy Competition run by The Morning Post
| 1923
| Wins Oppidan Prize on leaving Eton
| 1923-26
| Reads History at Balliol College, Oxford
| 1926
| Joined publishers Duckworth & Co, eventually rising to be an editor
| 1926-52
| Lived and worked in London, except for travel and military service
| 1928
| First book, The Barnard Letters, published by Duckworth
| 1931
| First novel, Afternoon Men, published by Duckworth
| 1934
| 01 December.
Married Lady Violet Pakenham, third daughter of the 5th
Earl of Longford, at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, London
| Joined The Radnorshire Society 1936
| Autumn.
Left Duckworth and joined Warner Bros on 6 month contract as scriptwriter
| 1937
| Leaves Warner Bros to start career as a full-time writer
| Visits USA and Mexico; in Hollywood met F Scott Fitzgerald Becomes a regular contributor to The Spectator and the Daily Telegraph 1939
| Commissioned into the Welch Regiment at start of World War,
later serving in the Intelligence Corps as a Liaison Officer with the
Allied Forces in exile, and rising to the rank of Major
| 1940
| 25 April.
First son, Tristram, born
| 1945
| December: Demobbed from army
| 1946-48
| Contributor to Luxemburger Wort
| 1946
| 11 January.
Second son, John, born
| Completed work on John Aubrey and His Friends, started before the war 1947
| Awarded Czechoslovakian "Order of the White Lion"
and the Belgian "Order of Leopold II"
| Joined the editorial staff of the Times Literary Supplement 1948
| Awarded Luxembourg "Croix de Guerre" and "Order of the Oaken Crown"
| John Aubrey and His Friends published by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1948-55
| New editions of Powell's five pre-war novels are published
| 1951
| A Question of Upbringing,
first novel in A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy,
published by Heinemann
| 1952
| Moves to The Chantry, in Somerset
| 1953
| Appointed Literary Editor of Punch
| 1956
| Awarded CBE
| 1957
| At Lady Molly's,
fourth volume of A Dance to the Music of Time,
awarded the James Tait Black memorial Prize
| 1959
| Left Punch and
resumed contributing regularly to the Daily Telegraph
| 1960
| The Acceptance World
published in paperback by Meridian Fiction (New York);
the first of Powell's novels to appear in paperback
| 1961
| Venusberg is the first of Powell's novels
to be published by Penguin
| Visits USA 1962-76
| Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London
| 1962
| Penguin edition of A Question of Upbringing
| 1964
| Visits Japan and the Far East
| 1967
| Collins Fontana paperback edition of A Question of Upbringing
| 1968
| Son Tristram marries painter Virginia Lucas
| 1971
| Awarded Hon. D.Litt. by University of Sussex
| 1973
| Offered, and declined, a Knighthood
| 1974
| Temporary Kings,
eleventh novel in A Dance to the Music of Time,
awarded the WH Smith Prize
| Made an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford 1975
| Hearing Secret Harmonies,
twelfth and final volume of A Dance to the Music of Time,
published by Heinemann
| 1976
| First volume of memoirs, Infants of the Spring,
published by Heinemann
| Awarded Hon. D.Litt. by University of Leicester and by University of Kent 1977
| Elected an Hon. Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Letters
| 1980
| Awarded Hon. D.Litt. by University of Oxford
| 1981
| Hon. Fellow of Modern Language Association of America
| 1982
| Awarded Hon. D.Litt. by University of Bristol
| 1983
| Novella O, how the wheel becomes it! published by Heinemann
| 1984
| Given the Bennett Award by the Hudson Review
| Ingersoll Foundation award of the TS Eliot Prize for Creative Literature 1986
| Novel The Fisher King published by Heinemann
| 1988
| Awarded Companion of Honour by HM The Queen in New Year Honours List
| 1990
| Ceased regular contribution to the Daily Telegraph
| Miscellaneous Verdicts, collected criticism, published by Heinemann 1992
| Under Review, further volume of collected criticism,
published by Heinemann
| Awarded Hon. D.Litt. by University of Wales 1995
| Journals 1982-1986, first volume of diaries, published by Heinemann
| 1997
| Elected as a Vice-President of the Society of Genealogists
| A Dance to the Music of Time televised on UK Channel 4 Television 2000
| 28 March.
Died peacefully at home, The Chantry, near Frome, Somerset.
| 2002
| 12 January.
Lady Violet Powell died in a Bath nursing home after a short illness.
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