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1856 Lyman Frank Baum is born in Chittennango, NY 1881 Publishes a successful musical play, The Maid of Arran 1882 Marries Maud Gage 01/01/1887 Baum`s father dies. The Baum family moves to Aberdeen, South Dakota. 1891 Moves to Chicago with his family and works as a reporter for the Evening Post. 1891 Works as a traveling salesman for a china company 1897 Publishes Mother Goose in Prose; illustrated by Maxfield Parrish 1899 Publishes Father Goose, His Book; illustrated by William Wallace Denslow 1900 Published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; illustrated by William Wallace Denslow 1902 Produced the musical version of the Wizard of Oz with William Wallace Denslow, Paul Tietjens, and Julien Mitchell (1902 through 1911) 1904 Published The Marvelous Land of Oz 1907 Published Ozma of Oz 1908 Produces the traveling film show Fairylogue and Radio-Plays 1908 Published Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz 1909 Published The Road to Oz 1910 Moves with his family to Hollywood, California 1910 Published The Emerald City of Oz 1913 Published The Patchwork Girl of Oz 1914 Forms the Oz Film Manufacturing Company 1914 Published Little Wizard Stories of Oz 1914 Published Tik-Tok of Oz 1915 Published The Scarecrow of Oz 1916 Published Rinkitink in Oz 1917 Published The Lost Princess of Oz 1918 Published The Tin Woodman of Oz 1919 Published The Magic of Oz 05/05/1919 Passed away on May 5th 1920 Published Glinda of Oz |