| Timeline |
| 1806 |
Born 6 March at Coxhoe Hall, Durham |
| 1809 |
Family moves to Hope End, a country estate in Herefordshire |
| 1820 |
Battle of Marathon printed |
| 1821 |
Stricken by an unknown illness, Elizabeth is put on opium under her physician's care |
| 1825 |
The Rose and Zephyr" is published in Literary Gazette |
| 1826 |
An Essay on Mind and Other Poems published anonymously |
| 1832 |
Family moves to Sidmouth, Devonshire |
| 1833 |
Translation of Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus, published |
| 1835 |
Family moves to a house at Gloucester Place in London |
| 1837 |
Long period of invalidism begins with a burst blood vessel that affects her lungs |
| 1838 |
The Seraphim and Other Poems published |
| 1838 |
Moves to Torquay, on the seaside, for her health; uncle dies, leaving her a legacy that secures her financially; corresponds with prominent members of the literary world, including Wordsworth, Carlyle, and Edgar Allan Poe. |
| 1840 |
Brother drowns in Babbacombe Bay off Torquay, impacting Elizabeth greatly |
| 1842 |
"The Cry of the Children" published |
| 1844 |
Publishes a two-volume edition of Poems |
| 1845 |
Receives a letter from Robert Browning, praising her poems. Meets him and falls in love
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| 1846 |
Secretly marries Robert Browning and moves to Italy with him |
| 1849 |
Gives birth to a son, Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning |
| 1850 |
Publishes a new two-volume edition of Poems, including Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| 1851 |
Casa Guidi Windows published |
| 1857 |
Publication of Aurora Leigh |
| 1860 |
Poems Before Congress published |
| 1861 |
Dies in Florence on 29 June |
| 1862 |
Posthumous publication of Last Poems |
