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1916Dahl is born

in Llandaff, Wales.

1920Dahl’s sister Astri dies.

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1920Harald, Roald’s

father, dies.

1923Dahl starts school.

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1925Dahl is sent to boarding

school (St Peter’s in Weston-Super-Mare).

1929Dahl is sent toRepton School.

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1934Dahl leaves school and

begins work for Shell Oil.

1938Dahl moves toDar-es-Salaam

in Tanzania.

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1939Dahl enlists in the RAF.

1940Roald’s plane crashes in

the Libyan desert.

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1941Dahl returns to Britain.

1942Dahl is posted to Washington D.C.

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1942Dahl’s first piece of writing is published

in a newspaper.

1943The Gremlins,

Dahl’s first book,is published.

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1951Dahl meets Patricia Neal.

1953Patricia Neal and Roald

Dahl marry in New York.

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1954Dahl moves to

Great Missenden.

1955Dahl’s daughter

Olivia is born.

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1957Dahl’s daughter Chantal

(Tessa) is born.

1960Dahl’s son Theo is born.

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1960Theo is injured in a car accident in New York.

1961James and the Giant Peach is published.

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1962Roald and Patricia’s

daughter Olivia dies.

1964Charlie and the

Chocolate Factoryis published.

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1964Dahl’s daughterOphelia is born.

1965Dahl’s daughter

Lucy is born.

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1967Dahl’s mother Sofie dies.

1968Fantastic Mr Fox

is published.

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1971The film ‘Willy Wonka

and the Chocolate Factory’ is released.

1975Danny, Champion of the

World is published.

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1977Dahl’s first grandchild, Sophie Dahl, is born.

1981Dahl separates from

Patricia Neal.

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1982The BFG is published.

1983Dahl marries

Felicity Crosland.

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1984Boy, Dahl’s childhood

autobiography,is published.

1988Matilda is published.

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1990Dahl dies in Oxford.

2006Roald Dahl Day

is first celebrated.

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2010Musical the Matildais first performed at

Stratford-upon-Avon.

2016100th Anniversary of

Roald Dahl’s birth.