| Timeline |
| 1788 |
Born 22 January at Cavendish Square, London |
| 1790 |
Taken by his mother to Aberdeen, Scotland |
| 1791 |
Father dies |
| 1794 |
Attends Aberdeen Grammar School until 1798 |
| 1798 |
Becomes, at the age of ten, the sixth Lord Byron; moves to Nottingham |
| 1801 |
Attends Harrow School |
| 1803 |
Falls in love with Mary Chaworth, his neighbour at Newstead. She refuses him |
| 1805 |
Enters Trinity College, Cambridge |
| 1806 |
Fugitive Pieces privately printed |
| 1807 |
Hours of Idleness published |
| 1807 |
Takes seat in House of Lords |
| 1808 |
Receives his A.M. degree from Cambridge.
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| 1809 |
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers published |
| 1809 |
Sets off on a tour of Europe and the Middle East |
| 1811 |
Mother dies |
| 1811 |
Returns to England |
| 1812 |
Childe Harold, cantos I and II, published |
| 1813 |
The Giaour and The Bride of Abydos published |
| 1813 |
Begins affair with his half sister, Augusta |
| 1814 |
The Corsair and Lara published
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| 1814 |
Becomes engaged to Annabella Milbanke |
| 1814 |
Daughter, Medora, born to Augusta |
| 1815 |
Hebrew Melodies published |
| 1815 |
Daughter, Augusta Ada, born to Annabella on 10 December |
| 1815 |
Marries Annabella Milbanke 2 January |
| 1816 |
Childe Harold canto III and The Prisoner of Chillon are published. |
| 1816 |
The Siege of Corinth and Parisina are published |
| 1816 |
Annabella asks for a formal separation, Byron agrees reluctantly |
| 1816 |
Leaves England on April 24, travelling first to Geneva (where he has an affair with Clair Clairmont), then Venice (where he has an affair with Marianna Segati) |
| 1817 |
Manfred published |
| 1817 |
Affair with Margarita Cogni, the wife of a Venetian baker |
| 1817 |
Daughter, Allegra, born to Claire Clairmont on 12 January |
| 1817 |
Travels to Rome, returns to settle in Venice. Sells Newstead Abbey. |
| 1818 |
Beppo and Childe Harold canto IV published |
| 1819 |
Mazeppa and Don Juan cantos I and II published |
| 1819 |
Begins affair with Countess Teresa Guiccioli, moves to Ravenna to be near her |
| 1819 |
Takes Teresa, Countess Guicioli, as his mistress |
| 1821 |
Marino Faliero, Don Juan cantos III-V, Cain, The Two Foscari, and Sardanapalus published |
| 1822 |
Vision of Judgment appears in The Liberal |
| 1822 |
Allegra dies |
| 1823 |
Don Juan cantos VI-XIV published |
| 1823 |
Byron becomes involved in the Greek fight for independence from Turkey |
| 1823 |
Byron sails for Greece, arrives at Missolonghi on 30 December
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| 1824 |
Dies 19 April, after suffering delirium from a chill |
