Born on July 7th in Kalist (in Bohemia)

First public piano performance on October 13th in Iglau

September-February: Secondary school in Prague

September 20th: Entering the conservatory of Vienna

He wins the piano award of the conservatory

Composition award for a piano quintet

Exam on the conservatory, matriculation in Iglau

Studies of philosophy, history and music history on the Vienna University, moreover private studies under Anton Bruckner

Begin of the composition of Das klagende Lied

Conductor in Bad Hall (Austria)

Conductor in Laibach (today Ljubljana/Slovenia)

Conductor in Olmütz (today Olomouc/Czech Republic)

Conductor of the chorus and orchestra of Kassel

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Second conductor of the Deutsche Landestheater (German National Theatre) in Prague

Second conductor in Leipzig

He completes Carl Maria von Weber's opera The Three Pintos

Conduction of the first performance of The Three Pintos in Leipzig

Completion of the 1st symphony

Completion of the Totenfeier (Funeral) (which becomes the central part of the 2nd symphony)

Conductor of the Royal Hungarian Opera of Budapest

November 20th: First performance of the 1st symphony in Budapest conducted by Mahler

First conductor of the Municipal Theatre Hamburg

Mahler works on the Twelve songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

He conducts the first English performance of Wagner's Ring on the Covent Garden Opera London

First summer journey to Steinbach on the Attersee Composition House

Composition of greater parts of the 2nd symphony

Construction of the composition house on the Attersee

Completion of the 2nd symphony

March 4th: First performance of the first three movements of the 2nd symphony in Berlin conducted by Mahler

December 13th: First performance of the complete 2nd symphony in Berlin conducted by Mahler

Performance of the revised version in four movements of the 1st symphony in Berlin

Completion of the 3rd symphony in Steinbach

Conversion to the catholicism

Conductor of the Vienna Court Opera, later on Principal Court Opera Director

Triumphant first appearance with Lohengrin

Conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts

Mahler begins to compose the 4th symphony

Travel to Paris with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Completion of the 4th symphony

First performance of Das klagende Lied

Resignation from the conduction of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composition of the Rückertlieder and of parts of the Kindertotenlieder

November 25th: First performance of the 4th symphony in Munich conducted by Mahler

Mahler marries Alma Schindler

June 9th: First performance of the 3rd symphony in Krefeld conducted by Mahler

Completion of the 5th symphony

Composition of the 6th symphony

Performance of the 3rd symphony in Amsterdam

Composition of the 7th symphony

Completion of the 6th symphony

October 18th: First performance of the 5th symphony in Cologne conducted by Mahler

First performance of the Kindertotenlieder in Vienna

Completion of the 7th symphony

May 27th: First performance of the 6th symphony in Essen conducted by Mahler

Composition of the 8th symphony

Performance of Le nozze di Figaro in Salzburg

Because of anti-Semitic press campaigns in Vienna, he resigns from his direction of the Vienna Court Opera

Contract with the Metropolitan Opera New York

Last performance in Vienna: The 2nd symphony

His first performance on the Met is Tristan and Isolde

Composition of Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

September 19th: First performance of the 7th symphony in Prague conducted by Mahler

Performance of the 2nd symphony in New York

Director of the newly founded New York Philharmonic Society

In Paris, he serves as model for Auguste Rodin's bust

Composition of the 9th symphony

Concert tour with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Performance of the 2nd symphony in Paris

Begin of the composition of the 10th symphony

Liaison between Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius

Mahler asks Sigmund Freud for marriage guidance and psycho-analysis

September 12th: First performance of the 8th symphony in Munich (Symphony of a Thousand) conducted by Mahler

On January 20th, the performance of the 4th symphony in New York is

Mahler's last appearance as conductor of an own composition

Mahler's last concert is on February 21st

April: Treatment in Paris

May: Mahler returns to Vienna where he dies on May 18th

Burial on May 22nd in Grinzing

November 19: First performance of Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter

June 26th: First performance of the 9th symphony in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter

First performance of the Adagio in F sharp major (the only original part of the inachieved 10th symphony) in Vienna conducted by Franz Schalk