CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 



THE PRINCIPAL EVENT 



THE BARON CUVIER'S LIFE. 



A. D. 



1769. (August 23.) Born. 



1779. Entered the Gymnase of Montbeliard. 



1784. (May 4.) Entered the Academic Caroline, in the Universi- 

 ty of Stuttgardt. 



1788. Left Stuttgardt to return to Montbeliard. 



Entered as tutor into the family of Count d'Hericy, in 

 Normandy. 



1793. Death of M. Cuvier's mother. 

 1795. (Spring.) Came to Paris. 



Appointed Membre de Ja Commission des Arts. 

 Appointed Professor at the Central School of the Pan- 

 theon. 



(July.) Made assistant to M. Mertrud, and entered the 

 Jardin des Plantes ; sent for his father and brother ; com- 

 menced the Gallerie d'Anatomie comparee. 

 (December.) Opened his first course of lectures, at the 

 the Jardin des Plantes, on Comparative Anatomy. 



1796. Made a Member of the National Institute. 



