| June 11, 1934 |
Born in Prague. |
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Father Antonín Syrový, mother Františka Syrová born Rybářová. |
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Since his birth, he lives with his parents in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
| 1945 |
Experiencing two heavy raids on Kralupy nad Vltavou at the end of the World War II. |
| 1950 |
He completes Primary School. |
| 1950 |
He takes up work in a dental laboratory as an assistant. |
| 1951 |
He successfully passes the dental technician test and continues performing this profession in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
| 1951 |
Knee injury during football. He suffers from its consequences throughout his entire life. |
| 1955–1962 |
Successful representative of the Czechoslovak Republic and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in weightlifting. |
| 1960 |
Placed 8th in the Olympic Games in Rome's in Triathlon. |
| 1963 |
He ends his sports career on grounds of severe knee damage. |
| 1964 |
He applies for painting group led by Mr Kuntoš in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
| 1968 |
He gets married. |
| 1969 |
He moves to the North Bohemia small town of Cvikov with his wife, where he is offered a place as a dental technician, a career which he carries on until his retirement. |
| 1970 |
His daughter Catherine is born. |
| 1972 |
He lost 56 kg of weight within 6 months; recreational running has become his hobby. |
| 1973 |
He gets divorced and stays alone for the rest of his life. |
| 1973 |
He runs his first marathon. |
| 1970–1980 |
He begins to perform his creative artistic work – African masks, woodwork, drawing, creations with wax and tin. |
| 1990 |
Retirement and disability pensions with knee arthrosis and severe cardiac neurosis. |
| 1990 |
He fully develops his creative work – assemblage becomes his main artistic expression. At the same time, he suffers from severe depression and insomnia. |
| 2007 |
Private exhibition organized with the help of weightlifter friends at the City Museum in Kralupy nad Vltavou. |
| 2007 |
Extreme deterioration of his health; he ceases to perform any creative artistic work. |
| November 2009 |
Shooting of a short film establishing his profile „Vaclav Syrový’s children “. |
| March 25, 2010 |
He dies in a hospice in Nový Bor. |