[Source: Lionel Lambourne. The Arts & Crafts Movement: Artists, Craftsmen & Designers, 1890-1930. London: The Fine Art Society, 1973.]
| 1819 | Birth of John Ruskin and Walt Whitman. | |
| 1834 | Birth of William Morris. | |
| 1845 | Birth of Walter Crane. | |
| 1848 | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founded. | |
| 1851 | Birth of A. H. Mackmurdo. Great Exhibition. | |
| 1856 | Birth of Oscar Wilde. | |
| 1857 | Birth of C. F. A. Voysey and W. R. Lethaby. | |
| 1859 | Philip Webb builds 'The Red House' for William Morris. | |
| 1861 | Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. founded. | |
| 1863 | Birth of C. R. Ashbee. | |
| 1864 | Birth of Ernest Gimson. | |
| 1871-8 | John Ruskin publishes 'Fors Clavigera'. | |
| 1875 | Liberty & Co. founded. Bedford Park commenced. | |
| 1882 | Oscar Wilde lectures in America. Century Guild founded. | |
| 1884 | Art Workers' Guild founded. | |
| 1885 | Home Art and Industries Association founded. | |
| 1888 | Arts and Crafts Society. Guild and School of Handicrafts, National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry founded. Century Guild disbanded. | |
| 1890 | Kenton & Company founded. | |
| 1891 | Kenton & Company exhibition at Barnard's Inn. | |
| 1892 | Kenton & Company disbanded. Walt Whitman dies. | |
| 1894 | Harold Rathbone establishes Della Robbia pottery at Birkenhead . | |
| 1895 | Samuel Bing opens shop 'L'Art Nouveau' in Paris. | |
| 1896 | William Morris dies. Central School of Arts and Crafts founded. C. R. Mackintosh designs Glasgow School of Art. | |
| 1900 | Death of John Ruskin and Oscar Wilde. Paris Universal Exhibition. | |
| 1901 | Ernest Gimson establishes furniture workshops at Cirencester. | |
| 1902 | Guild and School of Flandicrafts moves to Chipping Campden . | |
| 1906 | 'Sweated Labour Exhibition.' Della Robbia pottery at Birkenhead closes. | |
| 1907 | Society of Tempera Painters Exhibition. | |
| 1909 | Handicrafts Guild and School of breaks up. | |
| 1915 | Death of Walter Crane. Design and Industry Association founded. | |
| 1919 | Death of Ernest Gimson. Foundation of the Bauhaus. | |
| 1931 | Death of W. R. Lethaby. | |
| 1936 | Sir Nikolaus Pevsner publishes Pioneers of Modern Design. | |
| 1939 | Morris & Co. closes. | |
| 1941 | Death of C. F. A. Voysey. | |
| 1941 | Death of C. R. Ashbee and A. H. Mackmurdo. |
Last updated: January 2000