1850
- Premiere of Genoveva in Leipzig
- City Musical Director in Düsseldorf
- Symphony E flat major op. 97 (Rhenish Symphony)
1851
- Journeys along the Rhine to Switzerland
- Concert tour to Antwerp (as a judge at a singing competition) and Brussels
1852
- Stays at health spa in Scheveningen
- Conflict with the concert committee
- Premiere of Manfred performed by Liszt in Weimar
1853
- 31. Lower Rhine Music Festival with premiere of the 4th symphony and of the Festival
- First meeting with Brahms on 30th September
- Nervous breakdown during a visit to Bonn
- Successful concert tour to Holland
1854
- Successful concert tour to Hanover
- Hallucinations
- Suicide attempt on 27th February
- Admitted to psychiatric hospital in Endenich near Bonn on 4th March
1855
- Improvement in health condition, wishes to be accommodated elsewhere
1856
- Schumann dies on the 29th of July in Endenich
- Funeral in Bonn
