Below are listed the key events:
| Year | Description |
| 1832 | January 27. Charles Dodgson is born at Daresbury Parsonage, Cheshire, England. |
| 1843 | The Dodgson family moves to Croft Rectory, Yorks. |
| 1844 | Charles’s first school, Richmond, Yorkshire. |
| 1845 | Produces ‘Useful and Instructive Poetry’, first of the family magazines. |
| 1846 | Enters Rugby school, University of Oxford. |
| 1851 | Comes into residence at Christ Church, Oxford. Christ Church is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. |
| 1852 | Obtains a ‘first’ in Maths Moderations; nominated to a studentship. |
| 1854 | Has first works published in “The Oxonian Advertiser’, and the ‘Whitby Gazette’.
Becomes a B.A. |
| 1855 | Is made ‘Master of the House’.
Arrival of the new Dean, Henry Liddell.
Contributes to ‘Comic Times’ – writes first verse of ‘Jabberwocky’.
Takes up photography.
Meets Alice Liddell for the first time. |
| 1856 | The pen-name Lewis Carroll first appears in ‘The Train’ (successor to ‘Comic Times’). |
| 1857 | Becomes a M.A.
Meets Holman Hunt, Ruskin.
Visits and Photographs Tennyson.
Writes ‘Hiawatha’s Photographing’. |
| 1858 | Exhibits at the Photographic Society’s 5th Exhibition. |
| 1859 | Visits and photographs Tennyson at Farringford, Islenof Wight. |
| 1860 | First book published – ‘A Syllabus of Plane Algebraic Geometry’. |
| 1861 | Contributes to ‘College Rhymes’.
Ordained Deacon. |
| 1862 | On the 4th of July Charles tells the story of ‘Alice’ during a boat trip to Godstow with the 3 Liddell sisters. Alice ask Charles to write the story down to her.
On November 13 Charles begins to write down ‘Alice’s Adventures Underground’ for Alice Liddell. |
| 1863 | Manuscript for ‘Alice’s Adventures Underground’ is finished. |
| 1864 | November 28. Charles give Alice Liddell a handwritten manuscript of ‘Alice’s Adventures Underground’, with illustrations by Charles himself.
Expands original manuscript and retitles it ‘Alices Adventures In Wonderland’. |
| 1865 | On May 4 the first specimen volume of ‘Alices Adventures In Wonderland’ is sent to Charles from MacMillan (publishers) in time for Alice’s birthday (on May 4).
November 26. ‘Alices Adventures In Wonderland’ is published. |
| 1868 | June. Begins work on ‘Through The Looking-glass’. |
| 1871 | January. ‘Through The Looking-glass’ is completed.
December. ‘Through The Looking-glass’ is published. |
| 1898 | January 14. Charles Dodgson die in Guildford, Surrey, England. Age 65. |