1860
Ensor is born
Italian unification is completed

1862
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac

1867
Dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary is formed

1871
Great Chicago fire

1873
Ensor takes drawing lessons

1877
Ensor studies at the Acadmie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels

1880
Ensor leaves the academy

1884
Ensor forms "The Twenty"

1886
Ensor etches The Cathedral
Statue of Liberty is erected

1888
Ensor paints The Entry of Christ into Brussels

1891
Ensor paints Two Skeletons Fighting Over the Body of a Hanged Man

1896
Ensor has his first solo art exhibition

1899
Ensor paints Self-Portrait Surrounded by Masks

1900
Ensor's works become largely repetitive

1914
World War I starts

1924
Stalin's rule begins

1929
Ensor is awarded a baronetcy by King Albert I of Belgium
US Great Depression begins

1933
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

1939
World War II starts

1945
United Nations is founded

1949
Ensor dies at 89
NATO is formed.