| Timeline |
| 1771 |
Born 15 August in Edinburgh |
| 1773 |
Stricken by polio, his right leg is rendered permanently lame |
| 1779 |
Attends Edinburgh High School |
| 1783 |
Attends Edinburgh University |
| 1786 |
Apprenticed to his father |
| 1792 |
Called to the bar |
| 1797 |
Marries Charlotte Carpenter on 24 December |
| 1799 |
Appointed sheriff deputy of the county of Selkirk |
| 1803 |
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border published |
| 1805 |
The Lay of the Last Minstrel published |
| 1806 |
Appointed clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh
|
| 1806 |
Starts a printing and publishing business with his friend James Ballantyne |
| 1808 |
Marmion published |
| 1810 |
The Lady in the Lake published |
| 1813 |
Rokeby published |
| 1814 |
Waverly published |
| 1815 |
Guy Mannering published |
| 1815 |
The Lord of the Isles published |
| 1816 |
Tales of my Landlord published |
| 1817 |
Rob Roy published |
| 1818 |
The Heart of Midlothian published |
| 1819 |
The Bride of Lammermoor, Ivanhoe, and A Legend of Montrose published
|
| 1820 |
Scott is created a baronet. |
| 1821 |
Kenilworth published |
| 1822 |
The Fortunes of Nigel and Halidon Hill published |
| 1823 |
Macduff's Cross, Peveril of the Peak and Quentin Durward published |
| 1823 |
Founds, with Lord Henry Thomas Cockburn, the Edinburgh Academy |
| 1825 |
The Talisman published |
| 1826 |
Woodstock published |
| 1826 |
Ballantyne's business fails, Scott goes bankrupt - vows to pay off all debts (the royalties from his works do eventually pay them off) |
| 1826 |
Lady Scott dies |
| 1826 |
Travels to France for background material for Life of Napoleon |
| 1827 |
The Surgeon's Daughter and Life of Napoleon published published |
| 1828 |
Anne of Geierstein published |
| 1830 |
The Doom of Devorgoil, a Melodrama and Auchindrane published
|
| 1830 |
Scott has a stroke, retires from the court |
| 1831 |
Sails to Italy |
| 1832 |
Dies 21 September |
