| Age |
Date |
|
Event |
| 0 |
1867 |
7 May |
Born as Stanisław Rejment in Kobiele Wielkie, a village in central Poland |
| 17 |
1884 |
|
Receives diploma as a journeyman taylor in Warsaw |
| 18 |
1885 |
|
Sets out with a theatrical troupe as an actor |
| 21 |
1888 |
|
Begins employment as a workman on the railway |
| 22 |
1889 |
|
Unhappy in love, seeks to commit suicide. |
| 23 |
1890 |
|
The spiritualists discover him to be an excellent medium and mediums are well paid |
| 24 |
1891 |
|
Using the pename Reymont, tries to write for newspapers |
| 26 |
1893 |
|
Moves to Warsaw with three roubles in his pocket and a suitcase of manuscripts |
| 27 |
1894 |
|
Participates in a pilgrimage. The resulting travelogue, Pilgrimage to Jasna Gora, becomes his first literary success. Later, journeys to London and makes contact with the International Thosophical Society |
| 32 |
1896 |
|
Spends some months in Łódź collecting material for The Promised. His first novel, The Comedienne, appears in print |
| 33 |
1898 |
|
Seriously injured in a railway accident: the indemnity he receives secures his financial independence. Visits Paris and Switzerland. |
| 34 |
1899 |
|
The Promised Land is published |
| 37 |
1902 |
|
Marries Aurelia Szablowska. The first volume of The Peasants appears |
| 46 |
1913 |
|
Publication of the first volume of 1794, a trilogy. |
| 47 |
1914 |
|
During World War I, Remont lives in Poland |
| 52 |
1919 |
|
Makes a brief visit to the United States |
| 53 |
1920 |
|
Second visit to the United States. Then settles down on his own estate, Kolaszkowo |
| 57 |
1924 |
Nov. 13 |
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, he is too sick to travel to Stockholm |
| 58 |
1925 |
Dec. 5 |
Dies in Warsaw |
