| Timeline |
| 1807 |
Born 27 February, Portland Maine |
| 1825 |
Graduates from Bowdoin College |
| 1826 |
Travels in Europe through 1829 |
| 1829 |
Appointed professor of Modern Languages at Bowdoin |
| 1831 |
Marries Mary Storer Potter |
| 1835 |
Accepts position at Harvard as Professorship of Modern Languages and Belles-Lettres, studies in Scandinavia and Germany, wife Mary dies |
| 1839 |
Hyperion and Voices of the Night published
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| 1841 |
Ballads and Other Poems and The Children of the Lord's Supper published |
| 1842 |
Poems on Slavery published, spends time in Germany |
| 1843 |
Marries Francis Elizabeth (Fanny) Appleton, The Spanish Student published |
| 1847 |
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie published |
| 1849 |
Kavanagh: A Tale published, father dies |
| 1850 |
The Seaside and the Fireside published |
| 1851 |
The Golden Legend published, mother dies |
| 1854 |
Resigns position at Harvard |
| 1861 |
Wife Fanny dies in fire, Longfellow is scarred and retreats from public life |
| 1868 |
Travels again to Europe, receives many honours |
| 1882 |
In the Harbor published, dies 24 March |
