Roald Dahl timeline

Personal Life
Professional Life
1820-Harald Dahl Born in 1820-Grandfather


Born in 1916




1920’s - primary school at a boarding school in Wales. He went to Catholic Landaff boarding school.


30’s - He was working in shell oil
1939 - became a pilot in ww2
40’s - he was involved in a plane crash


1940-Boys- Tales of Childhood
1943 – The Gremlin
1945-Boys- Taste
1946-Boys- Beware Of The Dog
1948-Boys-Man from the south
1950’s 
1953 - married Patricia Neal a american actress.
1955 - First child born, olivia.
She was only 7 years old when she died from measles.
1957 - Second child born Chantal. She was born in 1957 and died in 1977. She was only 20 years old when she died.
1953-Children-Lamb of the slaughter
1953-Edward the Conque
“Way up to heaven” was published in 1954.
“Parsons pleasure” was published in 1958
“An African Story” was also published in 1958.
“B-r-r-r-!” was published in 1959
“William and Mary” was also published in 1959.
“The Landlady” was also published in 1959.
“Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat” was also published in 1959.


1960’s -
1962 - his daughter died
1965 - wide had car accident while pregnant with 5th child
1964 - Charlie and the chocolate factory is published
1966 – The Magic Finger
1961 – James and the Giant Peach
“Royal jelly” was published in 1960.
“Georgy porgy” was also published in 1960.
“Kiss Kiss” was also published in 1960.
“James and the giant peach” was published 1961.
“Charlie and the chocolate factory” was published in 1964
“The magic finger” was also published in 1964.
1970’s - the fist film of his work is made
1977 - Danny and the Champion of the World is published
“Fantastic mr fox” was published in 1970
“Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator” was published in 1972.
“Switch” was published in 1974.
“Danny, the Champion of the World” was published in 1975.
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More” was published in 1977.
“The Great Switcheroo” was also published in 1977.
“The Hitch-Hiker” was also published in 1977.
“The Best of Roald Dahl” was published in 1978.
“The Enormous Crocodile” was also published in 1978.
“Tale of the Unexpected” was published in 1979.
“Taste and Other tales” was also published in 1979.
“My Uncle Oswald” was also published in 1979.
1980’s - published of his children books
1983 - Divorce date.
1983 - married Felicity Dahl.



“Os Pestes” was published in 1980.
“More Tales of the Unexpected” was also published in 1980.
“The Twits” was also published in 1980.
1980 – The Twits
“Mr. Botibol” was also published in 1980.
“A Roald Dahl selection” was also published in 1980.
“George’s Marvellous medicine” was published in 1981.
1981 – George’s Marvellous Medicine
1982 – The BFG-The BFG book was made for children. It is about a Big Friendly Giant that goes around giving good dreams and a little orphan named sophie. After they meet they work with the queen of England to get rid of the children eating giants.
1983 – The Witches-The Witches is about a boy whose parents died in a car crash and he moves to his grandmother. Then his grandmother told stories about Witches that have bald heads, blue spit and claws instead of fingernails.
1985 – The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
1988 – Matilda



1990’s -

Roald died. 1990
1990 – Esio Trot
1991 – The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (Posthumously)
1991 – The Minpins (Posthumously)
2000’s -
2010 - Patricia died on 2010 8th of August.


2005 – Roald Dahl’s Incredible Chocolate Box (published posthumously for World Book Day, and including a missing chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate factory).





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