Roald Dahl Timeline - Teaching Ideas · 2016. 9. 2. · and the Chocolate Factory’ is released....
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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.