| 29 November | 1799 | Amos Bronson Alcott is born in Wolcott |
| 8 October | 1800 | Abigail May is born in Boston |
| 23 May | 1830 | Bronson and Abigail marry in Boston |
| 16 March | 1831 | Anna Bronson Alcott is born in Germantown |
| 29 November | 1832 | Louisa May Alcott is born in Germantown |
| 16 March | 1834 | The Alcotts move to Boston |
| 22 September | 1834 | Bronson founds the Temple School |
| 24 June | 1835 | Elizabeth Sewall Alcott ("Lizzie") is born in Boston |
| 22 June | 1839 | Bronson's final school on Beach Street closes |
| 1 April | 1840 | The Alcotts move to Concord |
| 26 July | 1840 | Abba May Alcott ("May") is born in Concord |
| 1 June | 1843 | The Alcotts move to Fruitlands |
| 1 April | 1845 | The Alcotts move into Hillside in Concord |
| 17 November | 1848 | The Alcotts move to Boston |
| 10 July | 1855 | The Alcotts move to Walpole, New Hampshire |
| 3 October | 1857 | The Alcotts move to Concord and Orchard House |
| 14 March | 1858 | Lizzie dies |
| 23 May | 1860 | Anna and John Pratt marry |
| 13 December | 1862 | Louisa is accepted as a nurse |
| 1 October | 1868 | Little Women (Part 1) is published |
| 14 April | 1869 | Little Women (Part 2) is published |
| 25 November | 1877 | Alcott's wife Abigail Alcott dies |
| 22 March | 1878 | May marries Ernest Nieriker in London |
| 15 July | 1879 | The Concord School of Philosophy opens |
| 8 November | 1879 | May's daughter Louisa May ("Lulu") is born in Paris |
| 29 December | 1879 | May dies |
| 19 September | 1880 | Lulu Nieriker arrives in Boston |
| 4 March | 1888 | Amos Bronson Alcott dies |
| 6 March | 1888 | Louisa May Alcott dies |
| 13 July | 1893 | Anna Alcott Pratt dies |