| 1842 | Gustav Fabergé opens a jewelry shop at Bolschaya Morskaya Street in St. Petersburg. |
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| 1846 | Gustav’s son Peter Carl Fabergé is born. Later, he is known to most by his middle name, Carl. |
| 1861 | Carl Fabergé begins his four-year European apprenticeship in goldsmithing techniques with the jeweler Joseph Friedman in
Frankfurt am Main. He tours Europe, familiarizing himself with fine art and the work of Europe's leading goldsmiths. |
| 1870 | Carl Fabergé takes over the family business, continuing to produce jewelry in the tradition of the firm, perfecting his art under the
tutelage of master jewelers Peter Hiskias Pendin and August Hölmstrom. |
| 1883 | Fabergé is awarded a gold medal for work he presents in the Pan-Russian Industrial Exhibition of 1882 in Moscow. |
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| 1885 | Tsar Alexander III appoints Carl Fabergé "Goldsmith to the Imperial Crown." The House of Fabergé creates the first "Imperial Easter
egg" at the request of the Tsar as a gift for his wife, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna. |
| 1894 | Nicholas II becomes Tsar upon the death of his father, Alexander III. Nicholas continues the annual Imperial Easter Egg tradition, having one made
for his mother, the Empress Dowager Maria, and a second for his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. |
| 1897 | Fabergé takes top honors at the Nordic Exposition in Stockholm, earning him an appointment as "Jeweler to the
Courts" for the Swedish and Norwegian Royal families. |
| 1900 | The eggs Fabergé displays at the Paris Exposition are so well-received that he is granted membership in the prestigious
Légion d'Honneur. |
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| 1915 | With the outbreak of World War I, the Fabergé shops temporarily convert to the production of weaponry such as hand grenades. |
| 1917 | Tsar Nicholas II abdicates as the Bolsheviks proclaim a new Russian Republic. |
| 1918 | The House of Fabergé closes and Fabergé and his family escape to Germany. The Bolsheviks execute Tsar Nicholas and his
family. |
| 1920 | Peter Carl Fabergé dies in Switzerland. |
