1929
Horst Janssen is born on the 14th of November in Wandsbek, Hamburg
1946-1951
Studies at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg
1952
Lichtwark scholarship of the city Hamburg
1957
Scholarship of the Kulturkreis des Verbands der Deutschen Industrie
1964
Art price of the city Darmstadt
1965
Edwin-Scharff-Price of the city Hamburg
1967
First price for graphics at the Biennale in Venice
1975
Schiller-Price of the city Mannheim
1978
Biermann-Rathjen-Medal of the city Hamburg
1990
Horst Janssen has a serious accident, which he processes in his work "Der Foliant“
1992
Honorary citizen of the city Oldenburg
1995
Horst Janssen dies on the 31st of August in Hamburg
1997
Inauguration of the "Horst-Janssen-Gallery“ in the Hamburger Kunsthalle
2000
Inauguration of the "Horst-Janssen-Museum“ in Oldenburg