| James Fenimore Cooper |
| 1789 |
Born 15 September |
| 1803 |
Enrols at Yale |
| 1808 |
Serves in Navy |
| 1809 |
Father dies |
| 1811 |
Marries Susan De Lancey; settles in New Rochelle, NY; daughter Elizabeth born |
| 1813 |
Daughter Elizabeth dies, daughter Susan born |
| 1815 |
Daughter Caroline born |
| 1817 |
Daughter Anne born |
| 1818 |
Builds house in Scarsdale, NY; mother dies |
| 1819 |
Daughter Maria born |
| 1820 |
Precaution published |
| 1821 |
Son Fenimore born, The Spy published |
| 1822 |
Moves to New York City; founds Bread and Cheese club |
| 1823 |
The Pioneers published, son Fenimore dies |
| 1824 |
The Pilot published, son Paul born |
| 1825 |
Lionel Lincoln published |
| 1826 |
The Last of the Mohicans published, travels to France - serves as U.S. Consul for Lyons, France |
| 1827 |
The Prairie and The Red Rover published |
| 1828 |
Notions of the Americans published |
| 1829 |
Lives in Italy and France |
| 1831 |
The Bravo published |
| 1832 |
The Heidenmauer and The Headsman published |
| 1833 |
Returns to United States |
| 1835 |
The Monikins published |
| 1836 |
Sketches of Switzerland published |
| 1838 |
The American Democrat, Chronicles of Cooperstown, Homeward Bound, and Home As Found published
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| 1839 |
History of the Navy of the United States of America published |
| 1840 |
The Pathfinder published |
| 1841 |
The Deerslayer published |
| 1842 |
The Two Admirals and The Wing-and-Wing published |
| 1843 |
The Battle of Lake Erie, Wyandotte, and Ned Myers, or a Life Before the Mast published |
| 1844 |
Afloat and Ashore and Miles Wallingford published |
| 1845 |
Satanstoe and The Chainbearer published |
| 1846 |
The Redskins, The Lives of Distinguished Naval Officers, and Jack Tier published |
| 1847 |
The Crater published |
| 1848 |
The Oak Openings; or the Bee Hunter published |
| 1849 |
The Sea Lions published |
| 1850 |
The Ways of the Hour published |
| 1851 |
Dies 14 September |
