“Dans la nursery“ 1897-98, oil on canvas, 81,3 x 43,2 cm (Mary Fairchild MacMonnies)

 1889 Mary is awarded a bronze medal at the à Universal Exposition in Paris for her Self-Portrait ; Frederick receives a distinction at the Paris Salon for Diane.

 1890 The couple visits Giverny for the first time.

 1895 They rent Villa Bêsche in Giverny. Birth of their first child, Berthe Hélène (Betty). Frederick teaches at the Académie Vitti.

 1896 Frederick is named Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. Between 1896 et 1906, he devotes his time increasingly to painting
 1897 Birth of Marjorie Eudora, their second daughter, and, the same year, of Robertson Ward, illegitimate son of Frederick and Helen Gordon Glenn.

 1898 The MacMonnies move to Giverny, to Le Prieuré (renamed Le Moutier in 1960). Frederick teaches at the Académie Carmen, but also at home in Paris and in Giverny.

 1899 Birth of their third child, Ronald, who dies two years later.

 1906 Mary becomes an associate member of the National Academy of Design.

 1909 Divorce. Mary marries the painter Will Low, with whom she returns to the United States.

 1910 Frederick marries Alice Jones, a former student.

 1915) Frederick leaves France for New York