| Timeline |
| 1811 |
Born 14 June in Connecticut |
| 1816 |
Mother dies |
| 1823 |
Studies at Hartford Female Seminary |
| 1832 |
Harriet moves with her family to Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1833 |
Teaches at the Western Female Institute, An Elementary Geography written |
| 1836 |
Marries Calvin Stowe 5 January; Twin daughters, Eliza and Harriet, born later in the year |
| 1838 |
Son, Henry, born |
| 1840 |
Son, Frederick, born |
| 1843 |
Short story collection, The Mayflower is published; daughter, Georgianna, born |
| 1848 |
Son, Samuel, born |
| 1849 |
Son, Samuel, dies |
| 1850 |
Family moves to Maine; son, Charles, born |
| 1851 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin begins serial publication in the abolitionist newspaper, The National Era |
| 1853 |
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin published; family moves to Andover, Massachusetts; Harriet visits the British Isles |
| 1854 |
Sunny Memories published |
| 1856 |
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp published; Harriet visits Britain and Europe |
| 1857 |
Son, Henry, dies |
| 1858 |
Our Charley published |
| 1859 |
The Minister's Wooing published; Harriet again in Britain and Europe |
| 1862 |
The Pearl of Orr's Island published; Harriet meets Abraham Lincoln |
| 1863 |
Agnes of Sorrento published |
| 1863 |
Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl published |
| 1864 |
House and Home Papers published; family moves to Hartford, Connecticut; Harriet builds her dream house, Oakholm |
| 1865 |
The Chimney Corner and Little Foxes published |
| 1867 |
Religious Poems and Queer Little People published |
| 1868 |
The Chimney Corner and Men of Our Times published |
| 1869 |
Oldtown Folks published |
| 1870 |
Son, Frederick, dies; Lady Byron Vindicated and Little Pussy Willow published |
| 1871 |
The History of the Byron Controversy and Pink and White Tyranny: A Society Novel published |
| 1872 |
Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories and My Wife and I published |
| 1873 |
Library of Famous Fiction, Palmetto Leaves, and Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources published |
| 1875 |
We and Our Neighbors: Records of an Unfashionable Street published |
| 1876 |
Betty's Bright Idea published |
| 1877 |
Footsteps of the Master published |
| 1878 |
Poganuk People: Their Loves and Lives and Bible Heroines published |
| 1881 |
Dog's Mission published |
| 1886 |
Husband, Calvin, dies in August |
| 1889 |
Son, Charles, compiles Harriet's letters and journals for an (auto)biography |
| 1890 |
Daughter, Georgianna, dies |
| 1896 |
Dies 1 July in Hartford, Connecticut |
