Annexation of Valenciennes to France (Age: 6 years before birth, Period: 1678, Location: Valenciennes (France))

Birth of Antoine Watteau (Period: October 10, 1684 (Baptismal date; actual birth date is considered to be within October 1684), Location: Valenciennes (Valenciennes, Nord, present-day Hauts-de-France region, French Republic))

Break with Claude Gillot (Age: 15 years old, Period: Early 1700s, Location: Paris (France))

Transfer to the workshop of Claude Audran III (Antoine Watteau, Age: 15 years old, Period: Mid-1700s, Location: Paris (France))

Creation of military paintings such as "The Departing Regiment" (Age: 15 years old, Period: Late 1700s–early 1710s, Location: Paris and Valenciennes (France))

War of the Spanish Succession (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1701–1714, Location: Western Europe, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, etc.)

Relocation to Paris (Antoine Watteau, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1702, Location: Paris (France))

Training in the workshop of Claude Gillot (Antoine Watteau, Age: 20 years old, Period: c. 1705, Location: Paris (France))

Failure to win the Prix de Rome (Antoine Watteau, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1709, Location: Paris (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture))

Activities at the residence of Pierre Crozat (Antoine Watteau, Age: 25 years old, Period: 1710s, Location: Paris (France))

Acceptance as an associate member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (Antoine Watteau, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1712, Location: Paris (France))

Elevation to full member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (Antoine Watteau, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1717, Location: Paris (France))

Creation of "The Embarkation for Cythera" (Age: 32 years old, Period: c. 1717, Location: Paris (France))

Creation of "Gersaint's Shopsign" (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1720–1721, Location: Gersaint's gallery, 35 Pont Notre-Dame, Paris)

Health trip to London (Antoine Watteau, Age: 35 years old, Period: 1720, Location: London (England))

Death of Antoine Watteau (Age: 36 years old, Period: July 18, 1721)

Marriage (Antoine Watteau, N/A, Period: No official record of marriage found, Location: N/A)