| Date | Happenings |
| November 10, 1759 | Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller is born in Marbach. |
| 1764-1766 | Family Schiller lives in Lorch and Friedrich Schiller is educated by Priest Moser. |
| 1766 | Family Schiller moves to Ludwigsburg. |
| 1767 | Schiller attends the Latin school in Ludwigsburg. |
| 1772 | Schiller writes his first work. |
| 1773-1780 | Schiller attends the military school and he starts studying law. The military academy moves to Stuttgart in 1775. |
| 1776 | Schiller reads plays written by Shakespeare, Rousseau and Klopstock although aesthetic reading is forbidden at this military school. |
| 1777 | The first extracts from The Robbers are created |
| 1780 | Schiller continues his working at The Robbers. In November, the first printed edition is published. |
| 1781 | The Robbers are presented on the National Theatre with overwhelming success. |
| September 22, 1782 | Schiller and his friend Andreas Streicher escape from the military school. |
| 1783 | Schiller writes his famous play Intrigue and Love. |
| 1785 | Schiller writes 'Ode to Joy' and he starts writing Don Carlos |
| Juli 1787-Mai 1788 | Schiller is in Weimar and in the same year, he falls in love with Henriette von Arnim. Don Carlos is published in Leipzig. |
| September 7, 1788 | Schiller meets Goethe for the very first time. |
| August 1789 | Schiller travels to Leipzig and he is engaged with Charlotte von Lengefeld. He marries her one year later. |
| September 14, 1793 | Karl, Schiller´s first son, is born. |
| Summer 1794 | The friendship between Schiller and Goethe becomes more intensiv. |
| 1797 | Due to the constant competition with his friend Goethe, Schiller creates his most famous poems: The Glove, The Diver. |
| 1799 | Schiller starts working on Mary Stuart. |
| 1800 | Schiller starts working on Macbeth in order to make it more suitable for stage. |
| June 1800 | He finishes working on Mary Stuart and starts working on the Virgin of Orleans. |
| 1802 | Schiller begins to write William Tell and afterwards, he commences working on The Bride of Messina. |
| April 24, 1805 | His last public performance. |
| May 9, 1805 | Schiller dies at the age of 46. |
