1860: Mahler is born
1875-80: Studies in Vienna
1880: Das Klagende Lied
1880: First conducting job in Bad Hall
1881-82: Conductor in Laibach
1882-83: Conductor in Olmütz
1883-85: Conductor in Kassel
1885-86: Conductor in Prague
1885-86: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
1887-88: Conductor in Leipzig
1888-90: Conductor in Budapest
1888-96: Symphony No. 1
1892: Begins Des knaben Wunderhorn
1888-94: Symphony No. 2
1891-97: Conductor in Hamburg
1897-1907: Conductor in Vienna
1894-96: Symphony No. 3
1899-1901: Symphony No. 4
1901-04: Rückert Lieder
1901-04: Kindertotenlieder
1901-02: Symphony No. 5
1903-04: Symphony No. 6
1904-05: Symphony No. 7
1906-07: Symphony No. 8
1908-09: Das Lied von der Erde
1908-11: Conductor in New York
1909-10: Symphony No. 9
1910: Symphony No. 10 (unfinished)
1911: Mahler dies