| 6/9/1811 |
Hermann Christian Fehling is born in Lübeck |
| 1817 - 1827 |
Attends Civic School and Grammar School |
| 1827 |
Begins training in a pharmacy in Lübeck |
| 1832 |
Moves to a pharmacy in Bremen belonging to his master craftsman's brother |
| 1835 - 1837 |
Studies Sciences, mainly Chemistry, in Heidelberg |
| 1837 - 1838 |
Conducts research under Liebig in Gießen |
| 1838 - 1839 |
Conducts research in Paris |
| 7/1/1839 |
Applies for the post of Senior Teacher of Chemistry and Technology at the Vocational School in Stuttgart |
| 9/23/1839 |
Temporarily appointed to the post of Senior Teacher, begins teaching |
| 3/10/1841 |
Fehling is permanently appointed to the post |
| 5/20/1844 |
Marries Sophie Cleß, daughter of the Stuttgart grammar school professor August v. Cleß |
| 1841 - 1844 |
Extensive research and publications on organic chemistry |
| 1848 |
Central Office for Commerce and Trade is established, Fehling is appointed to the internal committee and the Patent Commission |
| 1848 |
Publishes his work "Quantitative Determination of Sugar in Urine" ("Fehling's test") |
| 1850 |
Fehling's first mineral water analysis (Bopser spring) |
| 1851 |
Visits the first World Exhibition in London |
| July 1854 |
Suffers a serious haemorrhage during a trip to Munich, thus drastically reduces his work in the laboratory and regularly visits high-altitude health resorts |
| 9/24/1854 |
Appointed Knight of the Order of the Württemberg Crown (personal nobility) |
| 1855 |
Takes over editing the "Handbook of Pure and Applied Chemistry" (completed 1864); retires from laboratory work |
| 1855 - 1856 |
Moves into the new chemistry laboratory with living quarters |
| 1869 |
Begins work on the "New Handbook of Chemistry" (published 1874-1930) |
| 1870 |
Appointed member of the Medical College |
| 1875 |
Moves to a further new institute building |
| 5/11/1883 |
Retires due to ill health |
| 4/1/1884 |
Finishes working at the Central Office for Commerce and Trade and the Medical College |
| 7/1/1885 |
Hermann Christian Fehling dies in Stuttgart |
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