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Roald Dahl's birth
Roald Dahl is born in the town of Llandaff. -
Great Mouse Plot of 1924"
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Graduation and employment
Roald Dahl graduates from Repton. He accepts a position with the oil company Shell shortly thereafter. -
Dahl joins the Royal Air Force
He suffers serious injuries as a result of a plan crash in Libya. He spends several months in a military hospital in Egypt. -
Begins working in the USA
His first publication "Shot Down Over Libyia" appears in Saturday Evening Post in august. -
The Gremlins
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Dahl marries Patricia Neal
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James and the Giant Peach
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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The Magic Finger
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Fantastic Mr Fox
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
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Danny, the Champion of the World
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The Enormous Crocodile
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The Twits
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George's Marvelous Medicine
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The BFG
Dahl wins the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award for The BFG. -
The Witches etc.
The Witches
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories -
The Giraf and the Pelly and Me
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Matilda
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Esio Trot
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Roald Dahl's Death
Roald Dahl dies in Oxford at the age of 74. -
The Minpins
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The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
