| Timeline |
| 1743 |
Born 20 June at Kibworth Hall, Leicestershire |
| 1758 |
Family moves to Warrington when father takes a position as tutor at Dissenting academy, Warrington, Lancashire |
| 1772 |
Poems published |
| 1772 |
Publishes six poems in John Aikin's (her brother) book Essays on Song-Writing |
| 1772 |
William Enfield includes five of her hymns in his collection Hymns for Public Worship. |
| 1773 |
Publishes Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose with John Aiken |
| 1774 |
Marries Rochemont Barbauld on 26 May |
| 1775 |
Devotional Pieces published |
| 1777 |
Adopts her brother's third son |
| 1778 |
Lessons for Children of Two to Three Years Old and Lessons for Children of Three Years Old published |
| 1781 |
Hymns in Prose for Children published |
| 1785 |
The Barbaulds leave Palgrave School and tour France |
| 1787 |
The Barbaulds settle in Hampstead where Rochemont is minister to the Rosslyn Hill congregation and Anna takes students |
| 1790 |
An Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts published |
| 1791 |
Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade of 1791 published |
| 1792 |
Remarks on Gilbert Wakefield's Enquiry into . . . Public or Social Worship published |
| 1793 |
Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation published |
| 1794 |
Trip to Scotland |
| 1797 |
Meets Coleridge |
| 1802 |
Move to Stoke Newington |
| 1802 |
Move to Stoke-Newington |
| 1804 |
Edits the six volumes of Samuel Richardson's Correspondence |
| 1808 |
Husband's increasing mental illness causes the couple to separate in March, he drowns himself in the New River in November |
| 1810 |
Publishes a 50 volume collection, The British Novelists |
| 1811 |
Eighteen Hundred And Eleven, A Poem published |
| 1825 |
Dies 9 March at Stoke Newington |
