| Timeline |
| 1834 |
Born 24 March in Walthamstow, Essex |
| 1847 |
Father dies |
| 1848 |
Enters Marlborough College |
| 1851 |
Continues education at home |
| 1853 |
Enters Exeter College at Oxford |
| 1855 |
Comes into an annual income of £900 |
| 1855 |
Tours the great Gothic cathedrals of Northern France |
| 1856 |
Begins work in the architectural office of G. E. Street, abandons it before the end of the year |
| 1857 |
Helps found Oxford and Cambridge Magazine |
| 1857 |
Works with Morris, Burne-Jones, and Rossetti, on the Oxford Union frescoes |
| 1858 |
Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems published |
| 1859 |
Marries Jane Burden |
| 1861 |
Forms a decorating firm in partnership with Rossetti and Burne-Jones |
| 1868 |
The Earthly Paradise published |
| 1871 |
Travels to Iceland |
| 1873 |
Visits northern Italy, and makes a second trip to Iceland |
| 1875 |
Three Northern Love Songs and Sigurd the Volsung published |
| 1877 |
Founds The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings |
| 188 |
A Dream of John Ball published |
| 1882 |
Hopes and Fears of Art published |
| 1883 |
Joins the Democratic Federation, declares himself a socialist |
| 1883 |
Made an honorary fellow of Exeter College, Oxford |
| 1884 |
Art and Socialism published, founds the Socialist League |
| 1884 |
Helps to establish the Socialist League |
| 1889 |
Attends the Second International Conference of Socialists at Paris |
| 1890 |
Establishes the Kelmscott Press |
| 1891 |
News from Nowhere published |
| 1891 |
Poems by the Way published |
| 1892 |
Refuses the offer of the poet laureateship |
| 1894 |
The Wood Beyond the World published |
| 1896 |
Dies 3 October in London |
