History of Snow White in Timeline

Snow White is a classic fairy tale popularized by the Brothers Grimm in the early 19th century. The story revolves around a beautiful princess, Snow White, who is envied by her stepmother, the Evil Queen, for her beauty. The Queen orders a huntsman to kill Snow White, but he spares her life, and she seeks refuge with seven dwarfs in their forest cottage. The Queen discovers Snow White is still alive and uses trickery to poison her with an apple. Snow White falls into a death-like sleep. Eventually, a prince awakens her with a kiss, breaking the spell. The Queen is punished, and Snow White marries the prince, living happily ever after.

1910: Ernst Böklen's Schneewittchen Studien

In 1910, Ernst Böklen's Schneewittchen Studien, which reprints fifty Snow White variants, was published.

1912: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Broadway play

In 1912, the seven dwarfs were first given individual names in the Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

1937: Release of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

In 1937, Walt Disney released a sanitized version of Snow White, an American animated film titled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This version gave the dwarfs names and included a singing Snow White.

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1937: Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs film

In 1937, Walt Disney's film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released, featuring different names for the dwarfs.

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1957: Gianfranco D'Aronco's article on Biancaneve

In 1957, Italian philologist Gianfranco D'Aronco published an article studying the most diffused Tales of Magic in Italian territory, among which Biancaneve.