11 February 1755 Born in Hanover
1775 Trip to Italy | longtime stay in Rome | active in the vicinity of German artists in Rome, among them Jakob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807), Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847) and Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) | Colouring of engravings for Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
1792-94 Work on the graphic series Malerisch radirte Prospecte von Italien (Painterly etched vedutas of Italy) together with the artists Johann Christian Reinhart (1761-1847) and Jakob Wilhelm Mechau (1745-1808) for the publisher Johann Friedrich Frauenholz in Nürnberg
1796 Escape from political unrest in Rome with his wife | the son Giovanni remains in Rome
1797 Move to Vienna | Appointment as gallery director of the Esterházy family
1810 wrote the first biography of the composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
December 29, 1822 Death of Albert Christoph Dies in Vienna
