Diana, Princess of Wales: a chronology

1961 - 1 July
The Honourable Diana Frances Spencer is born at Park House, Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, England.
1975
Diana becomes Lady  Diana Spencer when her father succeeds her grandfather and becomes the 8th Earl Spencer. The family then moves to Althorp House, Northamptonshire.
1977
Lady Diana goes to finishing school at the Institute Alpin Videmanette in Rougemont, Switzerland.
1978
Lady Diana moves into a flat at Coleherne Court, London and starts work at a London kindergarten a year later.
1981
Lady Diana has her first official three-day tour with HRH The Prince of Wales.
24 February
Lady Diana Spencer and The Prince of Wales are engaged. She moves to Clarence House, London, the home of HRH Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
29 July
HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer are married at St Paul's Cathedral, London.
They Become  Their Royal Highness The Prince and Princess of Wales
August
HRH The Princess of Wales sets up a trust in her own name, so she could donate her own money to others.
1982 - 21 June
HRH Prince William Arthur Philip Louis is born.
1984 - 15 September
HRH Prince Henry (Harry) Charles Albert David is born.
1985 - October
HRH The Princess of Wales begins to make solo trips abroad and visits the Royal Hampshire Regiment's base in Berlin.
1987
Visits Middlesex Hospital, London, and was the first to shake hands with an AIDS patient. Palace advisors had initially tried to dissuade her.
1989 - February
HRH The Princess of Wales visits sufferers at a leprosy clinic in Indonesia.
HRH The Princess of Wales visits the AIDS paediatric unit at Harlem Hospital, US, where she held a baby with AIDS.
1990 - March
Visits Yaounde Deaf School, Cameroon, and Lagos Hospital, Nigeria.
1991
HRH The Princess of Wales visits a shelter for abandoned children with AIDS in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
April
Visits Six Acres Day Centre, Taunton, Devon.
September
Visits Pakistan's Badshahi Mosque, Norpoor Family Centre and Khyber Regiment.
October
HRH The Princess of Wales and HRH Prince Charles visit Canada.
1992 - February
Visits India, including Mother Teresa's Hospice for the Sick and Dying, Calcutta.
December
HRH The Princess of Wales visits Westlawn Special School, Tyne and Wear.
The Prime Minister announces the official separation of HRH Prince Charles and HRH The Princess of Wales.
1993 - March
HRH The Princess of Wales visits Red Cross relief projects.
July
HRH The Princess of Wales visits the Tgongora refugee camp, Zimbabwe, and the Nemazura refugee camp, Zimbabwe, where she helps serve their food.
December
HRH The Princess of Wales cuts down the number of official engagements, but after a lengthy break continues to do more for the charities she supports.
1994
HRH The Princess of Wales is awarded the title of 'International Humanitarian of the Year' in the US.
1995 - January
Attends the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts' charity gala dinner, New York.
June
HRH The Princess of Wales arranges a Concert of Hope in Cardiff in June 1995 to raise money for Ty Hafan, a new hospice set up in July 1995.
July
HRH The Princess of Wales and HRH The Prince of Wales' last official engagement together at the VJ Day celebrations, London.
September
Visits Italy in association with the Red Cross.
November
Attends charity dinner in Argentina.
1996
HRH The Princess of Wales raises $1.4 million for a US breast cancer benefit.
February
HRH The Princess of Wales attends dinner at Harrods to raise funds for heart research, especially for the work done at the Papworth Hospital, of which the Princess was a high profile supporter.
June
HRH The Princess of Wales attends a breast cancer symposium during her 48-hour fundraising blitz in Chicago.
28 August
HRH The Princess of Wales' marriage to HRH Prince Charles is dissolved with the granting of a decree absolute.
24 September
Diana, Princess of Wales goes to Washington D.C. to attend a White House breakfast hosted by Mrs Clinton to raise money for breast cancer research.
October
Diana, Princess of Wales visits London Lighthouse AIDS centre.
Diana, Princess of Wales receives a humanitarian award in Italy from the Pio Manzu Centre.
1997
Diana, Princess of Wales joins the British Red Cross's new campaign against landmines.
January
Diana, Princess of Wales visits The Halo Trust on site in Angola.
June
79 of Diana, Princess of Wales' dresses are auctioned in New York, raising $3.25m (£1,960,150) for cancer and AIDS charities.
18 June
Diana, Princess of Wales visits Mother Teresa at the Missionaries of Charity residence in the South Bronx.
21 July
Diana, Princess of Wales carries out her last official engagement at the children's unit at Northwick Park and at St Mark's Hospital in London.
August
Diana, Princess of Wales visits Bosnia with the Landmine Survivors Network.
31 August
Diana, Princess of Wales dies following a car crash in Paris, France.
6 September
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place at Westminster, London.
Diana, Princess of Wales is buried on a small island in a lake on the Althorp estate, her family's ancestral home.