1853

This is a timeline of Van Gogh's life, from the 30th of march 1853, when he was born, to the 29th of juli 1890, when he commits suicide.
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Vincent was born in Zundert as the oldest child of Ds. Th. van Gogh.

Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on the 30th of March to Theodorus Van Gogh (1822-1885), a Lutheran preacher in the Dutch reformed Church, and Anna Cornelia Carbentus (1819-1907). He was the eldest of six children, his mother having lost her first child prior to Vincent's birth. He was born in the village of Groot-Zundert, in the southern province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands. As a young child, Vincent had a moody, restless temperament that became more pronounced in later years. People who knew him then used adjectives like 'aloof' and 'intensely serious' to describe him. Vincent himself described his childhood as 'gloomy, cold and sterile'. His favorite brother, Theo was born four years later on May 1st, 1857.


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