Timeline

1785

Born in Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (Haiti) on April 26

1795 - 1796

Audubon was the student of Jacques-Louis David in Paris

1803

Sent to manage Mill Grove in America

1810

Met Alexander Wilson

1819 - 1826

Earned a living making chalk likenesses

1819

Jailed briefly for debt

1820

Worked as a taxidermist

1822

Took oil painting lessons from John Stein

1831 - 1839

Published his Ornithological Biography in five volumes

1838

Completed The Birds of America

1845 - 1848

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America is printed

1851

Died in New York, NY on January 27