| 1904 | born on the 7th of April in Börnchen near Freital |
| 1918 | apprenticeship as a locksmith, attends vocational school in the evening |
| first attempts at drawing and aquarelle painting | |
| 1925 | acquaintance with the painter Hermann Lange from Freital, encouragement to study at the Dresden Academy of Art |
| 1926 | student at the Dresden Academy of Art under Richard Müller and Hermann Dittrich |
| 1927 | beginning of the friendship with Wilhelm Dodel |
| 1928/29 | travels to Prague, Vienna, southern Germany, visit to the Dürer exhibition at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg |
| certificates of recognition from the Dresden Academy of Art | |
| 1929/30 | working in the painting studio with Otto Dix and Richard Lührig |
| graduation from the Dresden Academy of Art | |
| 1930 | work as a freelance artist begins, joins the newly founded Dresden local group ?Assoziation revolutionärer bildender Künstler Deutschlands? (ASSO) and the KPD |
| 1932 | membership of the “Neue Dresdner Sezession” |
| 1933 | marriage to Regina Dodel, birth of daughter Yvonne |
| 1936 | travel through Franconia and Swabia to Colmar/Alsace, visit to the Isenheim Altarpiece |
| 1938 | commission to design the Dresden Air District Command in nowadays August-Bebel-Straße |
| 1939 | hike across Salzburg to Carinthia |
| 1940 | conscription for military service, also working as a painter in a construction company |
| 1943-1945 | located in Norway (Skedsmo and Kolnes) |
| 1944 | brother-in-law Wilhelm Dodel dies |
| 1945 | destruction of his studio and apartment during the bombing raids in Dresden, a large part of his early work is destroyed in the fire |
| 1945-1947 | captivity in France |
| 1949-1953 | teaching of drawing courses at the district elementary school in Dippoldiswalde |
| 1950 | design of murals in schools and public buildings |
| 1955 | mural on the Zellescher Weg hall of residence at the Technische Universität (TU) Dresden |
| 1959 | Art Prize of the city of Freital |
| 1971 | Käthe-Kollwitz-Prize of the Academy of Arts of the GDR |
| 1972 | National Prize of the GDR II. Class |
| 1974 | film about Querner made by GDR television on the occasion of his 70th birthday |
| 1976 | died on the 10th of March in Kreischa |
