1887..1917 - Drafted, Kurt fakes mental deficiency to secure a discharge; does alternate service as draftsman for Wulfel
       Ironworks, Hannover. Reads publications of Zurich Dada. .1918 - Schwitters' art develops rapidly through expressionism to abstraction and his first "Merz" drawings and
       collages. Meets Arp, Hausmann, and other dadaists. .
       1919 - Exhibits at Der Sturm gallery, Berlin, bulwark of expressionism; An Anna Blume is published in
       Hannover. .1920 - In the essay "Merz," published in Der Sturm magazine, Schwitters introduces the principle of assemblage
       applied to all the arts; answers the attacks on him in Huelsenbeck's Dada Atlmanach. Schwitters creates large
       Merz reliefs and the first Merz sculptures. ...
       1920 - In the essay "Merz," published in Der Sturm magazine, Schwitters introduces the principle of assemblage
       applied to all the arts; answers the attacks on him in Huelsenbeck's Dada Atlmanach. Schwitters creates large
       Merz reliefs and the first Merz sculptures.

       1921 - On a "Merz and Anti-Dada" tour of Central Europe, Schwitters is inspired by Hausmann to create sound
       poetry.

       1922 - Attends Dada-Constructivist Congress at Weimar; performs with Arp, Tzara, and others in the "Hannover
    &;  Dada-Revon."

       1923 - Joins Theo and Nelly van Doesburg in Holland-Dada tour; publishes first six issues of the magazine
       Merz; begins architectural installation, to become known as the Merzbau, in his home at Waldhausenstrasse 5.

       1924 - Wiped out of cash by the inflation, Schwitters founds the commercial art agency Merz-Werbenzentrale;
       supports himself with advertising contracts from, e.g., Pelikan ink.

       1923-31 - Performs in regular Merz-evenings in his home. Issues of Merz feature Arp, Picasso, constructivists,
       typography, architecrtural and theatre projects, children's books, and a phonograph record of the long sound poem
       "Ursonata" (sonata in primitive sounds).

       1933 - Rise of Nazi party cuts off opportunities for employment, exhibition, publication, and performance.
       Schwitters spends extended holidays each year in Norway.

       1936 - Schwitters' teenaged photographer son Ernst flees Nazi arrest. Kurt follows him into exile in Norway.

       1937 - 16 pieces of Schwitters' work shown in Nazi exhibition of Entartete Kunst (degenerate art) and then
       destroyed.

       1940 - Germany invades Norway. Kurt and Ernst narrowly escape on the icebreaker Fridtjof Nansen; are
       interned as enemy aliens in Britain.

       1941 - Released after 18 months internment, Schwitters lives with his son in London.

       1943 - Hannover Merzbau destroyed by Allied bombing.

       1944 - In Hannover, Helma dies of cancer.

       1945 - Health failing, Kurt moves to Ambleside in the Lake District with his companion Edith Thomas.

       1947 - Begins his lasrt major work, the Merzbarn, in a barn on a hillside near Elterwater.
1948 - Dies of a stroke in the Lake District, January 8. .1982..............................................1986..............................1988......1989........................................................2001...