**This timeline is for education purposes only**;xNLx;Works Cited:;xNLx;- Piechota, Marcin. "Joseph Conrad's Chronology." Joseph Conrad Study Centre in Opole, Poland. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. ;xNLx;- LitChart Editors. "LitChart on Heart of Darkness." Lit Charts. N.p., 2008. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. ;xNLx;- "Apocalypse Now." IMDB. N.p., 1990. Web. 15 Oct. 2012. .
Joseph Conrad is born on December 3rd, 1857.
Conrad sets off to France to plan a career as a sailor.
Conrad began first sea voyage as passenger on a small barque.
Conrad applied for British nationality.
Conrad is granted British nationality.
Conrad began writing Almayer's Folly.
Marlow begins telling the story on the Thames River in England. He is on his way to Brussles to sign a contract.
Marlow is in Brussels to sign a contract for a job as a steamboat operator down the Congo.
Conrad begins his journey to the Congo. Takes command of steamship in Belgian Congo.
Marlow begins his journey to the Congo to meet Kurtz who is suppose to be one of the best ivory getters.
Marlow is at the mouth of the Congo and is working his way to the Company's Outer Station.
Conrad reaches the mouth of the Congo.
Conrad arrives in Matadi. This is where he starts his well known diary with descriptions of landscapes, people, and places.
Marlow comes across a forest of trees where he finds natives in their last moments before death. Comparing this horror to that of the rusty machinery at the Outer Station.
Marlow makes a 200 mile journey up river to Central Station. It takes about 15 days to reach the station.
Conrad begins his journey to Kinshasa and reaches it on August 2nd.
Marlow reaches Central Station and finds out that the boat he was suppose to take to Inner Station where Kurtz is has sunk and it will take about 3 months to repair
Takes command of ship while captain is ill.
The boat has been repaired and Marlow forms a crew and starts his journey to Inner Station where Kurtz is located.
After a few nights on the river and after being attacked by the natives. They finally reach Inner Station Happy that it has not been overturned by the natives and Kurtz is still alive.
The steamship is on its way back downstream. It breaks down and eventually Kurtz dies after being ill.
Conrad becomes ill and gives up his journey on the Congo.
Conrad returns to Matadi on his way back to Europe.
Marlow returns back to Europe.
Conrad begins writing his novella "Heart of Darkness" and completes it on February 6th, 1899.
The story is back to Marlow talking to the narrator on the Thames River in London.
Joseph Conrad dies of a heart attack and is buried in the Cantenbury graveyard.
The Vietnam War begins in Vietnam,, Laos and Cambodia.
Captain Willard is sent on a mission up the Nung River to find Colonel Kurtz in the Cambodian jungle.
Willard and his crew meet up with Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore at a landing along the river.
Kilgore orders his men to attack and capture the town and beach near the opening of the river.
During the journey they stop at the American outpost at the Do Long bridge (which is the last U.S. Army outpost on the river) which is currently being attacked.
Willard and his crew are ambushed by Viet Cong.
After being attacked by Montagnard villagers, Willard and his crew finally arrive at Kurtz' camp. Willard eventually ends up killing Kurtz.
The Vietnam war ends.
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