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Claude Monet is born.
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Claude Monet meets the painter Eugene Boudin.
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Monet moves to Paris and enters Academie Suisse.
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Monet joins the Zouaves.
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Monet meets Bazille, Renoir, and Sisley.
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Monet meets Camille Doncieux.
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Son Jean is born.
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Monet exhibits Impressions: Sunrise at the first Impressionist exhibition.
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Son Michel is born.
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Camille dies.
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Monet moves into the house at Giverny.
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Monet marries Alice Hoschede;
Monet begins to paint pictures of the water lilies. -
Alice dies.
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Jean dies.
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Monet dies.
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Orangerie Museum displays the Water Lilies series.